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Tortoiseshell and Basketry Inrō
Unknown maker
- Medium
- Inrō: single case; tortoiseshell under rattan “net” covered with lacquer (urushi); ojime: flower petals, brushwood; patinated copper with mixed-metal inlays; netsuke: turtle; carved wood
- Dimensions
- H. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); D. 1 in. (2.6 cm)
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Classification
- Inrō
- Dated
- 17th century
- Pixels
- 3000 × 4000
- SHA-256
- 817caebbdc68abb8…
- Record
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License, verbatimCC0
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Tortoiseshell and Basketry Inrō. 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.