Inro

Museum number:
9-5125
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Inro (seal container), 2 case type, carved red lacquer, plum shaped; one side: high relief rep. of human figure in garden on low relief foliate ground; other side: high relief of garden scene on low relief foliate ground; edge is gold and black lacquer with dragon, character for longevity; twisted 4 ply cotton (?) cord; height 5.7 cm. (Stolen. 1981 See Hellson File)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Marked missing 08/10/2010 -L.Weaver
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Inro, accession number 9-5125, described as Inro (seal container), 2 case type, carved red lacquer, plum shaped; one side: high relief rep. of human figure in garden on low relief foliate ground; other side: high relief of garden scene on low relief foliate ground; edge is gold and black lacquer with dragon, character for longevity; twisted 4 ply cotton (?) cord; height 5.7 cm. (Stolen. 1981 See Hellson File)

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