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

Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō) · 18th century · 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

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Credit lineInrō Imitating an Old Chinese Ink Cake. 18th century. Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936. CC0.
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