Antique Japanese Lacquer on Wood Inro Good Fortune Characters Kanji & Dragon
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Type: Inro (Stacking box used in conjunction with netsuke to hang from a kimono) with Ojime (bead used in conjunction with sagemono)
Inro Material: Lacquer on Wood
Ojime Material: Orange Agate (Stone)
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Japan. Unsigned. Similar to the inro from the Met by Kajikawa Bunryūsai, shown on the Wikipedia page for Inro, decribed as "Inrō with the Characters for Longevity and Good Fortune and the “Seven Lucky Treasures” on Checkerboard Ground" https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54243
Size: 2.5" long (6.3 cm), 2.4" wide (6.2 cm), 0.83" deep (2.1 cm)
Inro Weight: 1.4 oz (41 g)
Ojime Weight: 0.3 oz (8 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Gifu, Japan, 5 FEB 2017
Condition: Inro is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Several small chips. Side pieces of bottom piece appear to have been repaired (note the difference in the karakusa vine design). Some surface wear.
Subject: With maki-e lacquer designs of stylized kanji characters for longevity and good fortune on checkerboard ground. Top of inro has a dragon, bottom has more characters, and sides have tako karakusa designs (arabesque octopus-like vine pattern)
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Antique Japanese Lacquer on Wood Inro Good Fortune Characters Kanji & Dragon
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See also:
Type: Inro (Stacking box used in conjunction with netsuke to hang from a kimono) with Ojime (bead used in conjunction with sagemono)
Inro Material: Lacquer on Wood
Ojime Material: Orange Agate (Stone)
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868)
Origin/Maker: Japan. Unsigned. Similar to the inro from the Met by Kajikawa Bunryūsai, shown on the Wikipedia page for Inro, decribed as "Inrō with the Characters for Longevity and Good Fortune and the “Seven Lucky Treasures” on Checkerboard Ground" https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54243
Size: 2.5" long (6.3 cm), 2.4" wide (6.2 cm), 0.83" deep (2.1 cm)
Inro Weight: 1.4 oz (41 g)
Ojime Weight: 0.3 oz (8 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Gifu, Japan, 5 FEB 2017
Condition: Inro is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Several small chips. Side pieces of bottom piece appear to have been repaired (note the difference in the karakusa vine design). Some surface wear.
Subject: With maki-e lacquer designs of stylized kanji characters for longevity and good fortune on checkerboard ground. Top of inro has a dragon, bottom has more characters, and sides have tako karakusa designs (arabesque octopus-like vine pattern)
Location:
Antique Japanese Lacquer on Wood Inro Good Fortune Characters Kanji & Dragon
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