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竹細工印籠|Basketry Inrō

Unknown Artist

17th century

竹細工印籠|Basketry Inrō by Unknown Artist

Medium

Single case; plaited bamboo and rattan covered with lacquer (urushi) Netsuke: masks; wood Ojime: blue-and-white porcelain bead

Dimensions

H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); D. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.2113

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