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Inrō with Bird on a Blossoming Plum Tree

Koma Yasutada

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown cylindrical container with rounded edges, featuring a design of a blossoming plum tree branch with pink flowers and gold accents. The top has a blue rim and a blue cord with a metal ball threaded through it, leading up to a small red rectangular box with a curved cutout and gold designs. The red box has gold floral patterns on it. The background is light grey.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Black lacquer and nashiji ground with gold and silver iroe togidashi maki-e Netsuke: box with plovers; red lacquer ground with gold and brown hiramaki-e Ojime: bead with flowers; shibuichi and enamel
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
468 × 624 px
Museum record:
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