Three-case inro with roundel design of a Chinese scholar asleep while writing a scroll
Koma Yasutomi
(Japanese)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground covered by irregular kirikane mosaic; sunken roundel decorated in gold togidashi-e and gold, silver, red and black takamaki-e with gold and silver foil and encrustation of shell; interior gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 8.4 x 7.4 x 2.8 cm (3 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10003
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
Jitokusai Gyokuzan
Late 18th–early 19th century
Koma School
Late 18th–early 19th century
early to mid-19th century
