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Case (Inrō) with Design of Flying Cuckoo in Flight above Pines (obverse); Bonito (Fish) on Bamboo Leaves (reverse)
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Black lacquer with sprinkled gold and silver makie and mother-of-pearl
Ojime: bead with openwork design of waves; silver
Netsuke: fish laid on bamboo branch; stained ivory, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, H. O. Havemeyer Collection Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer 1929
Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Flying Cuckoo in Flight above Pines (obverse); Bonito (Fish) on Bamboo Leaves (reverse)
Description:
Black lacquer with sprinkled gold and silver makie and mother-of-pearl
Ojime: bead with openwork design of waves; silver
Netsuke: fish laid on bamboo branch; stained ivory, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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