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Four-case inro with design of ducks, stream and snow-laden bamboo
Japanese
Edo period
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/Technique
Black lacquer ground variously sprinkled with hirame verging on nashiji and kinpun; decoration in gold, silver and colored togidashi-e, hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with gold kirikane; interior gold fundame
Dimensions
Overall: 8.1 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm (3 3/16 x 2 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9914
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsInro
Signed
Toyo, with kao; Yosen Hogen, with kao
桃葉（花押） 養川法眼（花押）
桃葉（花押） 養川法眼（花押）
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.
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.