Case (Inrō) with Design of Flying Cuckoo in Flight above Pines (obverse); Bonito (Fish) on Bamboo Leaves (reverse)
Black, cylindrical object divided into two images. Left image: black background with gold-colored speckles; brown mountain slope in upper left with gold-colored tree-covered cliff face at bottom; blue and white bird in flight upper center. Right image: black background; gray fish with white underbelly facing left atop bunch of yellow-green bamboo leaves.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Black lacquer with sprinkled gold and silver makie and mother-of-pearl Ojime: bead with openwork design of waves; silver Netsuke: fish laid on bamboo branch; stained ivory
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 274 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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