Five-case inro with design of drying winter cherries
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
Late 18th–early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueGold lacquer ground of kinpun and fine hirame; decoration in gold, aokin, silver and colored hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with kinpun, abise-maki and kakiwari; compartments and risers gold nashiji; shoulders and rims gold fundame
DimensionsOverall: 9.2 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm (3 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number21.2335
On View
Not on viewClassificationsInro
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ProvenanceLent by H. L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910
Kajikawa School
Late 18th–early 19th century
Kajikawa School
early to mid-19th century
Kajikawa School
mid-18th century
