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Lacquer inro with four divisions, and with ojime and netsuke. Black ground with nashiji, decorated in gold and silver/pewter. Depicting an eagle diving towards a crane taking cover in long grasses. Risers and lining nashiji.
Ojime made from carved wood, lacquered in red and black. Mask netsuke of wood, with gold eyes.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 7 cm
Width: 5.7 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)
18th-19th century
1700
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1868
Accession number: MAR.O.38 & A & B-1912
Primary reference Number: 22215
Raphael list number: 46
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Inro" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/22215 Accessed: 2023-06-07 14:52:45
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