Title: Inrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake
Object type: Inrō
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with black and brown takamaki-e, togidashimaki-e on black ground
Netsuke: carved wood; lotus leaf and snail
Ojime: cylindrical bead of various metals
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 1 5/8 5/8 in. (13.4 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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