百馬蒔絵印籠|Inrō with One Hundred Horses
Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: mid-18th century
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, black lacquer, gold and silver foil application, and mother-of-pearl inlay on red ground
Netsuke: seated Baku (mythical animal); ivory
Ojime: bead of various alloyed metals


Dimensions: H. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm); W. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm); D. 1 in. (2.6 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Accession year: 1881
Tags: Horses