Inro
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Gold, Ivory, Lacquer, Textile, Wood
Measurements
87 mm (Length)60 mm (W)50 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1340053
Summary
Japanese brown lacquer inro with simple floral gold painted decoration to the outside with large ivory netsuke attached which is carved showing dancing male figure. Toggle in centre of yellow, green and black cord is made of carved ivory.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.