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Case (Inrō) with Design of Imperial Cart and Flying Herons (obverse); Court Carriage and Flying Herons (reverse)

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Case (Inrō) with Design of Imperial Cart and Flying Herons (obverse); Court Carriage and Flying Herons (reverse)

Kajikawa School

Date: 19th century
Type: Inrō
Medium: Gold and silver maki-e with mother-of-pearl inlay and black lacquer; Ojime: agate bead; Netsuke: metal king of hell
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 29.100.860
Credit: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

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