菊壽字蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Chrysanthemums and Auspicious Characters for Longevity

Medium

Three cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver, and red takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e on black and nashiji ground Netsuke: piece of coral Ojime: ivory bead with lacquer decoration of insects

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 2 5/16 x 13/16 in. (8.2 x 5.8 x 2 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1913

Accession Number

13.67.3

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