Lacquer inro. A four case inro with five divisions, of standard shape. The kinji (a shiny gold lacquer seen in later 19th and 20th century pieces) is decorated in red, black, blue, brown and aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell) hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji (shimmering spangles) and togidashi (hiramakie design covered with lacquer and polished until the design reappears flush with the ground). With, on one side, Samurai armour, an aoi (Tokugawa family) mon on the breast plate, a helmet, mask and gauntlets, and on the reverse, with a saddle, bit, harness and stirrups.
The compartments are black lacquer and the outer wall of the risers, rims and shoulders are fundame (matt gold).
With a cloisonne ojime
Inro entirely redecorated about 1900.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Diameter: 2.6 cm
Height: 7.7 cm
Width: 6.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
1615
CE
-
1868
CE
Inlay
composed of
shell
( aogai)
Risers, Shoulders
composed of
gold
Nashiji
Hiramakie
Kinji
Togidashi
Fundame
Inlay
Lacquering
Accession number: MAR.O.11 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 22186
Raphael list number: 12
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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