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Square dish
Square dish

Square dish

18th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquered wood with inlaid mother-of-pearl, brass, silver and pewter foil inlay
DimensionsH. 0.8 x W. 11.3 x L. 11.3 cm (5/16 x 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.10717
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsLacquer works
Collections
Inscriptions"Nowhere is there the sound of the human voice, but there is the sound amidst the trees" from Sounds of Autumn (Qiu sheng fu) the most celebrated 11th century ess.ay on autumn written by the Song historian and statesman Ouyang Xiu (1001-1072) 四無人聲，聲在樹間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.
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