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Image

Japanese, Japan

Inro, 1700s-1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Japanese

Title

Inro

Year

1700s-1800s

Medium

lacquered wood; ivory

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ivory,
  • lacquered wood

Dimensions

8.9 x 4.8 cm (3 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches)

Place

Japan; Japan

Type

  • Lacquerwork

Credit

Gift of Misses Anna and Louisa Case

Object Number

20.081abc

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A Case for Boxes

October 16 - November 16, 1980

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Inro with the accession number of 20.081abc. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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