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Source Description
A standard (oblong) gold lacquer four compartment inro. The design extends around the inro with a peahen standing on rocks and surrounded by peonies. A peacock is on the other side in the same type of scenery. The design is in "takamakie" of various shades of gold with "obikirame" and inlay of aogai. With touches of brown lacquer on the wings of the birds. The background of "fundame" in gold. The interior with "nashiji." The rims with "kinji" or "fundame." With a wood netsuke carved in the shape of a clam.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
14352
label
Inro Depicting Peacocks and Peonies with Netsuke in Shape of a Clam
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
14352
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Inro Depicting Peacocks and Peonies with Netsuke in Shape of a Clam
description
A standard (oblong) gold lacquer four compartment inro. The design extends around the inro with a peahen standing on rocks and surrounded by peonies. A peacock is on the other side in the same type of scenery. The design is in "takamakie" of various shades of gold with "obikirame" and inlay of aogai. With touches of brown lacquer on the wings of the birds. The background of "fundame" in gold. The interior with "nashiji." The rims with "kinji" or "fundame." With a wood netsuke carved in the shape of a clam.
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
mid 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
9.3
height
4.5
depth
2.7
dimensionsRaw
inro: 3 11/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. (9.3 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
""kao""[Signature] Jo-o; [Signature] Yutokusai
med
lacquer, wood, abalone shell inlay
creator_ids
2331
7037
6702
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
2381
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
b20e3d7f840bb1a5