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Inrō with Crane and Plum Tree
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Gold lacquer ground with mother-of-pearl and pewter inlay
Netsuke: fish on wheels; carved wood
Ojime: vajra (thunderbolt); metal, Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Wilton Lloyd-Smith and his wife Marjorie Fleming Lloyd-Smith 1929
Title: Inrō with Crane and Plum Tree
Description:
Gold lacquer ground with mother-of-pearl and pewter inlay
Netsuke: fish on wheels; carved wood
Ojime: vajra (thunderbolt); metal, Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan.
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