Rights clearance desk for images
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Where this page got its records
154 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
284 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Cicada on Tree Trunk
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Case: gold and metal on black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; Fastener (ojime): coral; Toggle (netsuke): lacquer medallion with design of chrysanthemums and the Chinese character for longevity
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Poppies
Unrecorded maker
1868 · Case: powdered gold (maki-e) and gold and colored lacquer on black lacquer with pewter and ceramic inlays; floral decoration on risers in incised gold; Fastener (ojime): stained wood carved in the shape of a peach; Toggle (netsuke): black lacquer with design of pussy-willow branches in pewter and ceramic inlays and metal wire
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Frogs
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Case: powdered gold (maki-e) and colored lacquer on black lacquer; Fastener (ojime): stone; Toggle (netsuke): wood carved in the shape of a mermaid
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Grapevine
Unrecorded maker
18th–19th century · Case: gold and colored lacquer on black lacquer with mother-of-pearl and pewter inlays; Fastener (ojime): silver vase (signed: Tenni); Toggle: (netsuke): gold with design of cricket and dragonfly with autumn grasses
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Hawk on Tasseled Perch
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Lacquer, roiro, gold and coloured hiramakie, takamakie, raden inlay; Interior: fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Hawks on Tasseled Perches
Kano Terunobu (d. 1763)
19th century · Lacquer, roiro, white lacquer, gold and coloured hiramakie; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Peacock on Rock with Peonies
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Lacquer, roiro, horn, ivory and cloisonne inlay, Inro: nashiji, togidashi; Interior: gyobu nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Pine and Cherry Tree (obverse); Rooster and Hen on a Drum (reverse)
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Black lacquer inlaid with gold foil and mother-of-pearl
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Rooster and Chickens Beneath Flowering Cherry Tree
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Lacquer, roiro, nashiji, gold foil, aogai inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Rooster Fighting with Weasel
Shibata Zeshin (d. 1891)
19th century · Lacquer
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Rooster on Large Drum (obverse); Hen and Chicks (reverse)
Unrecorded maker
18th–19th century · Lacquer, roiro, gold and coloured hiramakie, nashiji, gold foil, aogai inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Rooster, Hen and Chicks beside Flowering Chrysanthemums
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Lacquer, roiro, gold and red togidashi, gold and coloured hiramakie; Interior: red lacquer, nashiji and fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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