Case

21094A

From: Japan | Yokohama

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Inro
Object Number 21094A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan | Yokohama
Period Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Lacquer
Technique Lacquered
Iconography Cherry Blossom
Description

Inro in six separable tiers. Decorated with the cherry blossom scene in Yoshino, a place near Nara, celebrated for a whole hill covered with cherry blossoms. Black and gold lacquer.

Credit Line Gift of Miss Livingston, 1898

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