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Case (Inrō) with Painting of Courtesan at Night (obverse); House Gate (reverse)

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Roiro (waxen) lacquer with sprinkled hiramkie lacquer and togidashi sprinkled and polished lacquer; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Ojime: silver shibuichi lacquer bead decorated with design of castle grounds; Netsuke: carved wooden sleeping goose, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
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 Painting of Courtesan at Night (obverse); House Gate (reverse)
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Roiro (waxen) lacquer with sprinkled hiramkie lacquer and togidashi sprinkled and polished lacquer; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Ojime: silver shibuichi lacquer bead decorated with design of castle grounds; Netsuke: carved wooden sleeping goose, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.

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