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Four-case sheath inro with design of temple attendant and lantern
Four-case sheath inro with design of temple attendant and lantern

Four-case sheath inro with design of temple attendant and lantern

Fugawa Kazunori (Japanese, 1824–1876)
Shirai Shozan
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueSheath: gold lacquer ground of kinpun with some hirame; decoration in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e; attendant and lantern in shibuichi, gold, shakudo, copper and silver Inner: black lacquer ground; top and bottom gold lacquer; interior black lacquer with gold fundame rims; no decoration
DimensionsOverall: 7 x 5.9 x 2.5 cm (2 3/4 x 2 5/16 x 1 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10050a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsInro
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.