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Source Description
A standard (oblong) gold lacquer three compartment inro. A design all around the inro with a water buffalo cow and calf standing on the shore near a winding stream on one side and a bull on the on the other side. Clouds at the top and the ground with grasses and flowers on the hilly shore. The design in "takamakie" in gold and brown lacquer with "togidashi" and "okibirame" and the background of the natural wooden core of the inro coated with a transparent lacquer. The interior is plain wood. The cord channels are external. Together with a carved wood netsuke in the shape of a peach with gold lacquer.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
35859
label
Inro with a Water Buffalo Family by a Winding Stream
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
35859
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Inro with a Water Buffalo Family by a Winding Stream
description
A standard (oblong) gold lacquer three compartment inro. A design all around the inro with a water buffalo cow and calf standing on the shore near a winding stream on one side and a bull on the on the other side. Clouds at the top and the ground with grasses and flowers on the hilly shore. The design in "takamakie" in gold and brown lacquer with "togidashi" and "okibirame" and the background of the natural wooden core of the inro coated with a transparent lacquer. The interior is plain wood. The cord channels are external. Together with a carved wood netsuke in the shape of a peach with gold lacquer.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st half 19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
inro
netsukes
ojime
boxes (containers)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
8.2
height
5.5
depth
2.6
dimensionsRaw
Inro H: 3 1/4 x W: 2 3/16 x D: 1 in. (8.2 x 5.5 x 2.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
lacquer, wood, ivory
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
275
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
a78d42cd7b811d29