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Source Description
A standard gold lacquer ground four case inro. A design with four cranes flying on one side and five on the other in front of Mount Fuji. Design in "hiramakie" on the mountain and "okibirame" in gold and silver on the birds and Mt. Fuji all on a background of "mura-nashiji." The interior in "nashiji" and "fundame." The rims in "kinji." Inscribed in gold lacquer on the bottom of the lower case. Together with a carved wood netsuke in the form of a tortoise.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
11557
label
Inro with Cranes Soaring by Mount Fuji, and Netsuke of a Turtle
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
11557
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Inro with Cranes Soaring by Mount Fuji, and Netsuke of a Turtle
description
A standard gold lacquer ground four case inro. A design with four cranes flying on one side and five on the other in front of Mount Fuji. Design in "hiramakie" on the mountain and "okibirame" in gold and silver on the birds and Mt. Fuji all on a background of "mura-nashiji." The interior in "nashiji" and "fundame." The rims in "kinji." Inscribed in gold lacquer on the bottom of the lower case. Together with a carved wood netsuke in the form of a tortoise.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo; Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
inro
netsukes
ojime
boxes (containers)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8
height
5.5
depth
1.7
dimensionsRaw
3 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 11/16 in. (8 x 5.5 x 1.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Toto Ikkei; ""kakihan""
med
gold lacquer, wood, silver
creator_ids
6672
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JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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