The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Case (Inrō) with Design of Lotus (obverse); Lotus and Bird (reverse)

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Ink Painting and the Rinpa Tradition

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Yukio Lippit, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Case (Inrō) with Design of Lotus (obverse); Lotus and Bird (reverse)

Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)

Period:: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date:: 19th century
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Black lacquer with wood, shell, and glass inlays; Fastener (ojime): metal; Toggle (netsuke): carved ivory in the shape of a demon
Dimensions:: H. 3 1/16 in. (9.4 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); D. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Classification:: Inrō
Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. George A. Crocker (Elizabeth Masten), 1937
Accession Number:: 38.25.148

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