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Inrō with animals in a landscape

  • Details

    Associated place
    Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    19th century (1801 - 1900)
    Material and technique
    wood, covered in fundame lacquer, and with hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and kirigane lacquer decoration; silk cord, probably a replacement
    Dimensions
    9.6 x 4.7 x 3 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    wood,
    gold,
    silk,
    Technique index
    Object type index
    inro,
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented, 1976.
    Accession no.
    EA1976.40

Glossary (5)

fundame, hiramaki-e, kirigane, lacquer, takamaki-e

Location

    • Second floor | Room 37 | Japan

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