Case (Inrō) with Design of a Suit of Armor (obverse); Flasks for Boys Festival (reverse)
Black lacquer inrō case, rectangular with rounded corners and a handle on top. The obverse features a samurai in a full suit of armor, comprising a helmet with two curved horns and a face guard; the armor is predominantly gold with an orange-red base, adorned with a circular emblem on the chest; the armor's design includes segmented pieces and a textured pattern. The reverse depicts three white flasks with brown stoppers on a brown stand; a bow with a brown string lies to the right; the background of both sides is black.
Artwork Details
- Date
- second half of the 19th century
- Medium
- Gold and colored lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl on ro-iro black lacquer; ojime: metal bead inlaid with silver; netsuke: carved ebony inlaid with ivory design of Daruma
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 599 × 609 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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