Two-case inro with pine-tree design and roundel depicting Jurojin
Ishii Gyokkei
(Japanese, born in 1835)
mid to late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueGold lacquer ground; decoration in gold takamaki-e with coarse hirame and shell; metal roundel in shibuichi with gold, shakudo and copper; interior gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 5.7 x 4.6 x 2.1 cm (2 1/4 x 1 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10053
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 Yasutomi
mid-19th century
Early 19th century
Koma School
Late 18th–early 19th century
Iizuka School
Late 18th–early 19th century