Inrō with Chinese Landscape in Moonlight

Japan

late 18th–first half 19th century

Not on view

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楼閣山水蒔絵印籠　銘寛哉
Title: Inrō with Chinese Landscape in Moonlight
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: late 18th–first half 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with blackand brown togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, metal inlay, and mother-of-pearl application on black groundNetsuke: Sanbasō dancer; carved boxwoodOjime: stone bead
Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in. (7.8 x 5 x 1.8 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Object Number: 13.67.16
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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