梟鴉蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Owl and Crows in Tree
Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 19th century
Medium: Black lacquer ground with gold and silver togidashi maki-e and e-nashiji
Netsuke: seal-shaped with sheaf of rice around peony with pecking bird; ivory
Ojime: woven ball; caved and pierced bone


Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession year: 1929
Tags: Birds|Owls|Trees