Four-case inro with begonia and grass design
Iizuka School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground; obscured with fine aokin and gold kinpun, with areas of hirame bordering on nashiji; decoration in gold, aokin, silver and red hiramaki-e and low takamaki-e with gold foil and encrustation of shell
DimensionsOverall: 8.4 x 6.5 x 1.6 cm (3 5/16 x 2 9/16 x 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10051
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
Collections
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.
Koma School
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century