古満巨柳作 鷹蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Hawks on Perches
19th century
Medium
Black lacquer ground with gold and silver togidashi, takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, red lacquer, and applied gold and silver foil Netsuke: gourd; guri lacquer, silver ring and stopper in chrysanthemum shape Ojime: butterfly and flower; cloisonné bead
Dimensions
2 15/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/4 in. (7.4 x 6.7 x 1.9 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
29.100.745
Tags
About the Artist
Koma Kōryū · ?–1796
**Koma Kōryū** (d. 1796), born Kimura Shichiemon, was a distinguished Japanese lacquer artist of the Edo period, renowned for his mastery of maki-e inrō. Little is known of his early life, which remains sparsely documented, but he rose to prominence through his close ties to the illustrious Koma family, a dynasty of lacquerers serving the Tokugawa shogunate since the 17th century. Adopted into the...