Two-case inro in the form of a Chinese ink-cake
Kimura Jukkyoku
(Japanese)
Late 18th century
Medium/TechniqueBrown-black lacquer with takamaki-e imitating molded Chinese ink; compartments and risers brown-black lacquer; shoulders and rims coarse gold lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 7.4 x 7.4 x 1.8 cm (2 15/16 x 2 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number18.223a
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Early 19th century
mid-late 18th century
early 18th century
mid-19th century
Late 17th–early 18th century
Hasegawa Shigeyoshi
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-19th century