Seven-case inro with design of incense-table and irises
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground; with medium-density coarse kinpun; decoration in gold, aokin, silver and red takamaki-e with mitsuda-e; compartments and riser gold Gyobu nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 9 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm (3 9/16 x 2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10017a
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.
Kiyokawa Morimitsu
early to mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
