Three-case inro with design of flower roundels and auspicious objects
Seki Naotaka
(Japanese)
early to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground with sparse fine kinpun; decoration in gold, aokin and red hiramaki-e with gold foil and encrustation of shell; interior gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 8.2 x 7.2 x 2 cm (3 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10055
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
