Four-case inrô with design of origami
Koma School
(Japanese)
Early 19th century
Medium/TechniqueBlack lacquer ground, the lower half sprinkled with kinpun and hirame of varying sizes; decoration in gold, silver and colored hiramaki-e with gold foil and shell; interiors red lacquer; shoulders, risers and rims gold fundame lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 9.2 x 5.8 x 1.8 cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number27.76
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Koma School
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-late 18th century
