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Inrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake
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Inrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake

18th century · 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

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Credit lineInrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake. 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. CC0.
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