Case (Inrō) with Design of Boats, Waves and Reeds (Tale of Genji)

Japan · 19th century

Case (Inrō) with Design of Boats, Waves and Reeds (Tale of Genji)

Brushed wood with gold and silver hiramakie sprinkled and polished lacquer and pewter and mother-of-pearl inlay; Interior: plain; Ojime: quartz bead; Netsuke: carved wood badger

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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