古墨形鞘印籠 (宝露臺)|Inrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake
Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868
Artist: Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō)
Artist bio: Japanese, 1663–1747
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: 18th century
Medium: Two-part (sheath-type); lacquered wood, metal, leather, with black and brown togidashimaki-e, takamaki-e on black ground
Netsuke: manjū type with maki-e Daruma
Ojime: ceramic bead with incense and ash design

 

Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 11/16 in. (7.7 x 5.3 x 1.7 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession year: 1936