Japanese lacquer inro with mouse netsuke

An image of Netsuke. Inro/katabori. Unknown maker, Japan. netsuke. Lacquer inro. A four case inro with five divisions, of standard shape. The red lacquer ground and tsugaru nuri ground (red, yellow, green and black mottled lacquer) are diagonally divided and are decorated in gold, black and red hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), and takamakie (high relief sprinkled design). Depicting a herd boy, a basket of grasses on his back, holding the tether of a large black ox with another herd boy riding on the ox. The base and top surface are tsugaru nuri. The compartments and risers are nashiji (shimmering and spangles) with fundame (matt gold) shoulders and rims. Height 6.2 cm, width 5.1 cm, circa 1800-1899. Edo (Japanese period, 1615-1868). Mouse netsuke - see MAR.O.37A-1912.

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Netsuke. Inro/katabori. Unknown maker, Japan. netsuke. Lacquer inro. A four case inro with five divisions, of standard shape. The red lacquer ground and tsugaru nuri ground (red, yellow, green and black mottled lacquer) are diagonally divided and are decorated in gold, black and red hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), and takamakie (high relief sprinkled design). Depicting a herd boy, a basket of grasses on his back, holding the tether of a large black ox with another herd boy riding on the ox. The base and top surface are tsugaru nuri. The compartments and risers are nashiji (shimmering and spangles) with fundame (matt gold) shoulders and rims. Height 6.2 cm, width 5.1 cm, circa 1800-1899. Edo (Japanese period, 1615-1868). Mouse netsuke - see MAR.O.37A-1912.

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Accession Number: MAR.O.37 & A-1912
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 2445 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Filesize: 221.55kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2000:01:10 00:50:34

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