Inro
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Gold, Ivory, Lacquer, Textile, Wood
Measurements
90 mm (Length)65 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1340075
Summary
Japanese inro of gold lacquer, one side showing a ho-ho bird preening itself on a tree branch, the reverse shows a pair of cranes with foliage in the foreground. Attached to a brown cord with ivory toggle for opening, engraved with figures. Wooden carved monkey netsuke eating a nut.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.