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牡丹蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Flowering Peonies

Unknown Artist

first half of the19th century

牡丹蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Flowering Peonies by Unknown Artist

Medium

Four cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver, red togidashimaki-e on black lacquer ground; Netsuke: carved ivory; sage with a handscroll; Ojime: carved red lacquer bead

Dimensions

H. 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); D. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.763

Tags

Peonies

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