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Kôbako (kôgô)
香箱（香合）
Incense container (kôgô) with maki-e decoration of Buddhist deities
Kôbako (kôgô)
香箱（香合）
Japanese
Kamakura period
13th century
Medium/Technique
Japanese cypress; lacquer and maki-e decoration
Dimensions
2.6 x 10.2 x 6.9 cm (1 x 4 x 2 11/16 in.) (h x l x w)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.10156
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsLacquer works
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. III (Buddhist dec. arts), no. 165
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (2022), ch. III (Buddhist Ritual Objects), no. 47
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.