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竹カタツモリ蒔絵印籠 銘 「眼文」
Title: Inrō with Snail on Bamboo (obverse) and Poem (reverse)
Artist:
Ganbun (Japanese, active until 1870s)
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Single case; lacquered wood imitating bamboo with pewter and silver inlay and gold hiramaki-e Netsuke: bamboo; lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and stained ivory inlay Ojime: snail; copper
Dimensions: 4 x 3 1/8 x 7/8 in. (10.1 x 7.9 x 2.3 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Object Number: 13.67.10
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