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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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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