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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1615 - 1868; Classification(s): netsuke, inro; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.O.18 & A & B-1912]
Description: Inro, lacquer. A three case inro, four divisions, of standard shape. The roiro (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) and kinpun (fine gold powder) ground is decorated in gold and silver togidashi (a hiramakie design is covered completely with lacquer and polished until the design reappears flush with the ground) with a circular roiro panel showingToba the calligraphist riding his mule and wearing his large hat and the reverse is decorated with a bamboo grove.The risers and compartments are in silver lacquer and the shoulders and rims are fundame (matt gold). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | netsuke Unknown inro | Temporal: | name=Edo (Japanese period, 1615-1868); start=1615; end=1868 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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