月下桜木鴉蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Crows on Cherry Tree in Moonlight

Unknown Artist

18th–19th century

月下桜木鴉蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Crows on Cherry Tree in Moonlight by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gold and silver lacquer ground with black and red togidashi maki-e Netsuke: fox-dancer; carved and lacquered wood, ivory Ojime: butterflies; cloisonné bead

Dimensions

3 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/8 in. (9.6 x 5.2 x 2.9 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

29.100.767

Tags

BirdsMoonTreesNight

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