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Case (Inrō) with Design of Hō-ō Bird in Flight (obverse); Inscription (reverse)
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Hō-ō Bird in Flight (obverse); Inscription (reverse)

mid-19th century · Lacquer, brown, red mottled ground, brown hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: silver and brown lacquer

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Credit lineCase (Inrō) with Design of Hō-ō Bird in Flight (obverse); Inscription (reverse). mid-19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891. CC0.
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