
Case (Inrō) with Lion and Peonies
Unrecorded maker
17th century · Lacquer
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Lion and Peonies
Unrecorded maker
17th century · Lacquer
Cleared · Public Domain
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Inro (Case) with Squirrels in Grapevines
Unrecorded maker
1700–1868 · Lacquer, Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e)
Cleared · CC0
liveCase (Inrō) with Design of Thatched Building in Hilly Landscape with Trees and Waves with Nestuke of Thatched Building in a Landscape
Unrecorded maker
second half 18th century · Lacquered wood with gold, silver maki-e, cut-out gold foil
Cleared · Public Domain
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Inro (Case) with Egrets and Willows
Unrecorded maker
1700s · Lacquer, Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e) and gold-foil-and-shell inlay (Somada style)
Cleared · CC0
liveCase (Inrō) with Design of Trees, Crow, and Moon
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Takamaki-e with nashiji, gold and silver foil, and silver inlay on black lacquer; Interior: nashiji and fundame; Ojime: bead of inlaid metals and alloys; Netsuke: flowers, moon, and poem in gold lacquer on dark wood (signed: Designed by Hoitsu)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Inro (Case) with Mice and Beans
Unrecorded maker
late 1800s · Lacquer, Lacquer on wood with color and sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e)
Cleared · CC0
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Inrō in the Shape of a Leather Tobacco Case (Tabakoire) with Flowering Plum
Matsuda Sukenaga (d. 1871)
mid-19th century · Inrō: carved wood with lacquer imitating leather; gilded metal clasp; ojime: patinated metal bead; netsuke: Chinese boy (karako) with mask on shishi lion; carved wood
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō)
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Brown nashiji in an openwork bronze holder; metal netsuke
Cleared · Public Domain
liveCase (Inrō)
Unrecorded maker
18th–19th century · Lacquered wood with silver metal thread applied over metal ground
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Chinese-Style Landscape
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 Chrysanthemum Decoration
Unrecorded maker
18th–19th century · Gold and silver maki-e with inlay of mother-of-pearl on lacquered ground
Cleared · Public Domain
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Butterflies
Unrecorded maker
19th century · Lacquer, roiro, gold and coloured togidashi; Interior: fundame
Cleared · Public Domain
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