美人蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Woman and Attendant; Man Reading Characters on a Stone Road Marker (reverse)

Medium

Four cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver, and color (iroko) togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil application on black ground Netsuke: snail emerging from its shell; carved wood Ojime: coral bead

Dimensions

H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Th. 7/8 in. (2.2 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

29.100.908

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