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Writing box (suzuribako) with maki-e design of "Ten oxherding"
Japanese
Edo period
18th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Wood; lacquer and maki-e decoration
Dimensions
.049 x .247 x .230
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.10166a-j
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsLacquer works
Signed
Inkstone signed Tenkaichi Sugimoto Bungo no kami Nobutsugu.
天下一杉本豊後守信次 （花押）
天下一杉本豊後守信次 （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.