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Case (Inrō) with Design of Hotei (Putai) Carrying a Small Boy (obverse); Boy Carrying Gourd-Flask (reverse)
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Hotei (Putai) Carrying a Small Boy (obverse); Boy Carrying Gourd-Flask (reverse)

late 19th century

Medium

Gold lacquer with ivory and wood inlay; Netsuke: ivory and lacquered wood figure, Ojime: gold bead with face of Daikoku, god of good fortune

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in. (8.3 x 6.1 x 2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1913

Classification

Inrō

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Rights

Public Domain

About Tokoku Fuzui

|1652 – |1724 |Japanese