Case (Inrō) with Object from the Noh drama "Hachinoki"
Unknown Artist
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1913
19th century
Gold lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl on a black lacquer ground
ojime: amber bead in shape of a vase
netsuke: boxwood carved with "mother and child" mice and an eggplant
ojime: amber bead in shape of a vase
netsuke: boxwood carved with "mother and child" mice and an eggplant
8.4 x 5.9 x 2.6 cm
13.67.6
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection