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Inrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake

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Two-part (sheath-type); lacquered wood metal leather with black and brown togidashimaki-e takamaki-e on black ground Netsuke: manjū type with maki-e Daruma Ojime: ceramic bead with incense and ash design, 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: Inrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake
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Two-part (sheath-type); lacquered wood metal leather with black and brown togidashimaki-e takamaki-e on black ground Netsuke: manjū type with maki-e Daruma Ojime: ceramic bead with incense and ash design, Edo period (1615–1868, Japan.

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