Three-case inro with design of swans
Nomura Chohei
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground variously covered in dense gold hirame/nashiji and kinpun; decoration in gold and aokin takamaki-e, togidashi-e and takamaki-e, the swans onlaid in thick shell, the beaks in a black material; interiors black; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 8.1 x 7.9 x 2.2 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number21.2310
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
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ProvenanceLent by H. L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 17th–early 18th century
Iizuka School
Late 18th–early 19th century
