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Basketry Inrō

mid-19th century
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Object Information
  • 竹細工印籠
  • Title: Basketry Inrō
  • Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
  • Date: mid-19th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Inrō: single case; bamboo, rattan; ojime: marbled ceramic bead; netsuke: lacquer box with mandarin ducks; lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e
  • Dimensions: Inrô: H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
    Netsuke: Diam. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
  • Classification: Inrō
  • Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
  • Object Number: 91.1.2114
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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