古墨形印籠|Inrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake

Medium

Four cases; lacquered wood with black and brown takamaki-e, togidashimaki-e on black ground Netsuke: carved wood; lotus leaf and snail Ojime: cylindrical bead of various metals

Dimensions

5 1/4 x 1 5/8 5/8 in. (13.4 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.829

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