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花紋散蒔絵金属印籠|Metal Inrō with Flower Medallions

Unknown Artist

mid-19th century

花紋散蒔絵金属印籠|Metal Inrō with Flower Medallions by Unknown Artist

Medium

Four cases; marbled silver and black metal with gold hiramaki-e; Netsuke: metal; kagamibuta type with flowers and butterflies; Ojime: cloisonné bead

Dimensions

H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); D. 13/16 in. (2 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji (1868–1912) period

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

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

Accession Number

91.1.1062

Tags

Flowers

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