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Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese Sage (obverse); Attendant (Karako) Standing beside Bamboo (reverse)

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Lacquer dark brown imitating leather relief light brown rim; Interior: dark brown and nashiji, 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 Design of Chinese Sage (obverse); Attendant (Karako) Standing beside Bamboo (reverse)
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Lacquer dark brown imitating leather relief light brown rim; Interior: dark brown and nashiji, Japan.

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