Unknown Artist
Three-case 'inrô' decorated with coxcomb and autumn grasses
- Location
- Lower Asian gallery
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Period
- Japan: Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615–1868
- Year
- 19th century
- Media
- Lacquerware
- Medium
- 'maki-e' lacquer on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 6.2cm overall
:
a - part a - 'inrô' top; 1 x 6.2 x 1.3cm; height x width x depth
b - part b - 'inrô' upper centre; 1.3 x 6.2 x 1.3cm; height x width x depth
c - part c - 'inrô' lower centre; 1.3 x 6.2 x 1.3cm; height x width x depth
d - part d - 'inrô' base; 1.7 x 6.2 x 1.3cm; height x width x depth - Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Bequest of George Sherren Johnson 1995
- Accession number
- 128.1995.a-d
