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Inro with Flowering Autumn Grasses, Fireflies, and Crickets; Netsuke of a Turtle
(Japan and Korea )
A carved lacquered wood netsuke in the form of a turtle.
A standard (oblong) black lacquer seven compartment inro. The design in hiramakie in gold with some silver and red lacquer and inlaid glass and ivory. The background of black roiro. The interior of nashiji and fundame. Flowering grasses, two crickets and a firefly on both sides. The cord channels are external.
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Exhibitions
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1978 | Netsuke: Miniature Sculpture of Japan. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); Inro H: 3 1/4 × W: 2 1/16 × D: 1 1/16 in. (8.2 × 5.3 × 2.7 cm); Netsuke H: 1/2 × W: 1 1/4 × D: 1 15/16 in. (1.3 × 3.2 × 5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
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.
67.439