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Case (Inrō) with Design of an Oni (Demon) Carrying a Temple Bell and Paper Lantern over His Shoulder (obverse); Oni Carrying Fish Head Stuck on a Pole and Holly Branch (reverse)
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Lacquer kinji gold red silver and black hiramakie takamakie; Interior: silver lacquer and fundame, Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix 1881
Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of an Oni (Demon) Carrying a Temple Bell and Paper Lantern over His Shoulder (obverse); Oni Carrying Fish Head Stuck on a Pole and Holly Branch (reverse)
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Lacquer kinji gold red silver and black hiramakie takamakie; Interior: silver lacquer and fundame, Japan.
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