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Source Description
A standard (oblong) gold lacquer four case inro. Design around the inro shows a flower cart with a basket filled with a flower arrangement of camellia ("tsubaki"), chrysanthemums, prunus, clematis, peony, wisteria, cherry and iris. The flowers in "hiramakie" in gold, red and silver lacquer on a background of "gyobu." The interior with "nashiji" and the rims in "fundame" or "kinji." Inscribed in gold on the bottom of the lower case with a signature and seal. The cord channels are external. The lacquer netsuke is in the form of chrysanthemums.
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Document identity
localId
26481
label
Inro with Cart of Flowers from the Four Seasons, with Netsuke
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
26481
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Inro with Cart of Flowers from the Four Seasons, with Netsuke
description
A standard (oblong) gold lacquer four case inro. Design around the inro shows a flower cart with a basket filled with a flower arrangement of camellia ("tsubaki"), chrysanthemums, prunus, clematis, peony, wisteria, cherry and iris. The flowers in "hiramakie" in gold, red and silver lacquer on a background of "gyobu." The interior with "nashiji" and the rims in "fundame" or "kinji." Inscribed in gold on the bottom of the lower case with a signature and seal. The cord channels are external. The lacquer netsuke is in the form of chrysanthemums.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
inro
netsukes
ojime
boxes (containers)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.5
height
5.3
depth
2.7
dimensionsRaw
inro: 3 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/16 in. (9.5 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Seal] ""kakihan""; [Signature] Toshi
med
lacquer, wood, ivory, coral
creator_ids
2098
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
275
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
0fbda48922facee6
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
ab13188a2c939224
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no