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Case (Inrō) with Design of Weeping Willow and Cherry Blossoms

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Hiramaki-e with nashiji on black lacquer roiro nashiji gold and silver hiramakie gold and silver foil; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Ojime: ivory bead with vines and grasses in gold lacquer; Netsuke: woven basket with shell and gold lacquer), Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Howard Mansfield Collection Purchase Rogers Fund 1936
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Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Weeping Willow and Cherry Blossoms
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Hiramaki-e with nashiji on black lacquer roiro nashiji gold and silver hiramakie gold and silver foil; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Ojime: ivory bead with vines and grasses in gold lacquer; Netsuke: woven basket with shell and gold lacquer), Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.

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