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Case (Inrō) with Design of Bean Vine
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Case: powdered gold (maki-e) on lacquer with ceramic lead and mother-of-pearl inlays; ceramic seal on base; Fastener (ojime): alloy of silver and copper with design of mice in rice cakes; Toggle (netsuke): lacquer with design of lotus leaf and caterpillar in lead and ivory inlays, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Howard Mansfield Collection Purchase Rogers Fund 1936
Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Bean Vine
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Case: powdered gold (maki-e) on lacquer with ceramic lead and mother-of-pearl inlays; ceramic seal on base; Fastener (ojime): alloy of silver and copper with design of mice in rice cakes; Toggle (netsuke): lacquer with design of lotus leaf and caterpillar in lead and ivory inlays, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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