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| Keywords: Japanese - Inro with Autumnal Grasses and Flowers, with Netsuke and Ojime - Walters 67423.jpg A saya standard oblong gold lacquer four compartment inro in a sheath The sheath with a hanabishi pattern Both sides of the compartments decorated with autumn flowers and grasses - Chinese bellflower kikyo chrysanthemum kiku pampass grass yarrow hibiscus and bush-clover hagi The sheath saya in gold with an inlay of aogai A background of roiro in black for the upper compartments and nashiji for the lower The interior with nashiji and fundame The cord channels are external with an ojime button of coral branch Together with a carved ivory netsuke of two persimmons kaki with an inscription on the bottom century 19 Edo; Meiji lacquer ivory coral aogai inro cm 7 4 5 2 5 accession number 67 423 27992 Exposition Universelle Paris 1878 William T Walters city Baltimore Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1878 inscription seal unidentified Exposition Universelle Paris 1878 Japanese Lacquers The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Inro in the Walters Art Museum Inro Objects displayed at the Exposition Universelle 1878 Flowers in art | ||||
