Title:
Inrō with Shells and Seaweeds amid Rocks and Waves
Period:
Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:
17th–18th century
Culture:
Japan
Medium:
Inrō: four cases; lacquered wood, gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cutout gold foil application, silver inlay on gold ground; metal cord runners; ojime: copper with mixed-metal inlay and gilded details; netsuke: carved ivory
Dimensions:
H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification:
Inrō
Credit Line:
Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession Number:
91.1.692