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Case (Inrō) with Design of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune Fording a River

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Gold lacquer with gold hiramkie sprinkled and polished lacquer nashiji (pear skin) lacquer and mother-of-pearl ivory and wood inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Netsuke: wood-framed ivory plaque with bird and flower inlay; Ojime: lacquer Daikoku's hammer, Meiji period (1868–1912), 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 the Seven Gods of Good Fortune Fording a River
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Gold lacquer with gold hiramkie sprinkled and polished lacquer nashiji (pear skin) lacquer and mother-of-pearl ivory and wood inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Netsuke: wood-framed ivory plaque with bird and flower inlay; Ojime: lacquer Daikoku's hammer, Meiji period (1868–1912), Japan.

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