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Source Description
A saya standard (oblong) gold lacquer four compartment inro in a sheath. The sheath with a "hanabishi" pattern. Both sides of the compartments decorated with autumn flowers and grasses - Chinese bellflower ("kikyo"), chrysanthemum ("kiku"), pampass grass, yarrow, hibiscus, and bush-clover ("hagi"). The sheath ("saya") in gold with an inlay of aogai. A background of "roiro" in black for the upper compartments and "nashiji" for the lower. The interior with "nashiji" and "fundame." The cord channels are external with an ojime (button) of coral branch. Together with a carved ivory netsuke of two persimmons ("kaki") with an inscription on the bottom.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
27992
label
Inro with Autumnal Grasses and Flowers, with Netsuke and Ojime
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obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
27992
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Inro with Autumnal Grasses and Flowers, with Netsuke and Ojime
description
A saya standard (oblong) gold lacquer four compartment inro in a sheath. The sheath with a "hanabishi" pattern. Both sides of the compartments decorated with autumn flowers and grasses - Chinese bellflower ("kikyo"), chrysanthemum ("kiku"), pampass grass, yarrow, hibiscus, and bush-clover ("hagi"). The sheath ("saya") in gold with an inlay of aogai. A background of "roiro" in black for the upper compartments and "nashiji" for the lower. The interior with "nashiji" and "fundame." The cord channels are external with an ojime (button) of coral branch. Together with a carved ivory netsuke of two persimmons ("kaki") with an inscription on the bottom.
provenance
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1878, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; 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
7.4
height
5
depth
2.5
dimensionsRaw
inro: 2 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 in. (7.4 x 5 x 2.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Seal] Unidentified seal
med
lacquer, ivory, coral, abalone shell
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
2381
2687
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
06b825eebd6be284