壽字吉祥文蒔絵印籠|Inrō with the Characters for Longevity and Good Fortune and the “Seven Lucky Treasures” on Checkerboard Ground
Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: second half of the 18th century
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver, red lacquer hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, applied gold foil on black, gold, silver, and nashiji ground
Netsuke: piece of carved coral
Ojime: metal bead


Dimensions: 3 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 in. (9.2 x 6 x 2.5 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession year: 1929