Five-case inro with design of landscape with farm buildings
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
early to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground; almost covered by fine kinpun forming a gold ground; decoration in gold, aokin, silver, red and black hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kirikane; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 9.5 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm (3 3/4 x 2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10015
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.
Kajikawa School
Late 17th century
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
En'ami Suô
early to mid-18th century
