百馬蒔絵印籠|Inrō with One Hundred Horses

Medium

Four cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, black lacquer, gold and silver foil application, and mother-of-pearl inlay on red ground Netsuke: seated Baku (mythical animal); ivory Ojime: bead of various alloyed metals

Dimensions

H. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm); W. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm); D. 1 in. (2.6 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.299

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