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Title

Four-case 'inrô' decorated with a traveller in a landscape theme with chrysanthemum decorated metal 'ojime' attached

1615-1867

Artists

Unknown Artist

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
    Date
    1615-1867
    Media category
    Lacquerware
    Materials used
    'takamaki-e' lacquer on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and metal
    Dimensions
    5.9 x 5.0 x 1.7 cm :

    a - inro - top, 1 x 5 x 1.7 cm

    b - inro - upper centre, 1.7 x 5 x 1.7 cm

    c - inro - centre, 1.7 x 5 x 1.7 cm

    d - inro - lower centre, 1.7 x 5 x 1.7 cm

    e - inro - base, 1.9 x 5 x 1.7 cm

    f - ojime, 1.2 x 0.6 cm

    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Bequest of George Sherren Johnson 1995
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    127.1995.a-f
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan