Four-case inro with chicken and plant designs in roundels
Shibayama School
(Japanese)
Late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueThe sunken roundels: gold lacquer ground of very fine kinpun verging on kinji; decoration in shell, horn, coral, colored glass and tortoiseshell with gold and aokin hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kirikane. Remainder of exterior: black lacquer ground; covered by irregular gold hirame flakes; borders gold lacquer; compartment lids and risers gold Gyobu nashiji; compartment interiors gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 7.3 x 5.6 x 2.4 cm (2 7/8 x 2 3/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10147
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.
early to mid-19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
Eieisai Kôshi
Late 19th century
