Five-case inro with design of cherry blossom at Yoshino,with mountains, a waterfall,a stream and rustic dwellings
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
Late 17th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground mostly covered in fine gold kinpun forming a gold ground; decoration in gold and silver hiramaki-e and low takamaki-e with gold kirikane; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 9.2 x 4.9 x 3 cm (3 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.879
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
Collections
ProvenanceLent by D. W. Ross, Feb. 16, 1911.
Kajikawa School
early to mid-19th century
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
