Inro

Museum number:
9-5126
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Inro; black lacquer ground; one side: 4 rows Chinese characters in “seal style:” haliotis (abalone) inlay; other side: tree, structure, 3 people, haliotis inlay with gold oval bead ojime lacquer with gold haliotis inlay; lacquered netsuke is rounded square with inset whirlwind design; purple silk plaited cords; height 6.5 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:
Netsukes and Plaited weaving
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Marked missing 08/10/2010 -L.Weaver
Loans:
S1963-1964 #11: Oakland Public Museum (September 5, 1963–October 15, 1963) and S1964-1965 #97: First Savings and Loan Association (May 20, 1965–June 7, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Inro, accession number 9-5126, described as Inro; black lacquer ground; one side: 4 rows Chinese characters in “seal style:” haliotis (abalone) inlay; other side: tree, structure, 3 people, haliotis inlay with gold oval bead ojime lacquer with gold haliotis inlay; lacquered netsuke is rounded square with inset whirlwind design; purple silk plaited cords; height 6.5 cm. (Stolen 1981. See Hellson File.)

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