南蛮人蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Portuguese Figures
Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and cut-out gold foil application on black ground
Netsuke: dog; ivory
Ojime: antler bead


Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); D. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Dogs|Men