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Inrō with Tanabata Story of the Weaver and the Herdboy
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Three cases; lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and ivory inlay on mother-of-pearl ground; Netsuke: carved ivory; flowers and grasses with silver butterflies; Ojime: silver and gold quail in autumn grasses, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Benjamin Altman 1913
Title: Inrō with Tanabata Story of the Weaver and the Herdboy
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Three cases; lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and ivory inlay on mother-of-pearl ground; Netsuke: carved ivory; flowers and grasses with silver butterflies; Ojime: silver and gold quail in autumn grasses, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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