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Inro Depicting Peacocks and Peonies with Netsuke in Shape of a Clam
(Japan and Korea )
A standard (oblong) gold lacquer four compartment inro. The design extends around the inro with a peahen standing on rocks and surrounded by peonies. A peacock is on the other side in the same type of scenery. The design is in "takamakie" of various shades of gold with "obikirame" and inlay of aogai. With touches of brown lacquer on the wings of the birds. The background of "fundame" in gold. The interior with "nashiji." The rims with "kinji" or "fundame." With a wood netsuke carved in the shape of a clam.
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Provenance
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Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1878, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1878 | Exposition Universelle. Paris. |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
inro: 3 11/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. (9.3 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1878
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
67.402