Native Name | Inro |
Object Number | 21098A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan | Yokohama |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood | Lacquer |
Technique | Lacquered |
Description | Black lacquer inro with golden and silver inlaid oak leaves in four tiers. Japanese poem referring to Tanabata, the festival of the weaver (the Star Vega near the Milky Way), is written on the leaves. Maker: Jokasai. |
Credit Line | Gift of Miss Livingston, 1898 |
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