Inro with blossoms in red lacquer

Inro with blossoms in red lacquer is held by Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (Germany). Description supplied by the holding institution: The cylindrical inrō is in five sections and features an offset cord channel. Each of the five inrō tiers ("dan") is coated on both sides with red lacquer paste ("tsuisai") on a dark brown, almost black ground. The container is completely decorated with one larger blossom as well as seven or eight smaller blossoms on each side. On the sides next to the cord channel, leaves can be seen framing the blossoms. A glass bead, a so-called "ojime", hangs from the cord channel. Associated with the inrō is a netsuke in the form of an abalone (sea ear), held in the collection of the Badisches Landesmuseum under inv. no. A 8032. A small sea snail and a small venus clam are attached to its heavily ribbed shell. The inrō was executed on the interior using the "nashiji" (sprinkled gold lacquer) technique, and on the exterior in the "tsuisai" technique. In the "tsuisai" technique, a relatively liquid lacquer paste is used, which is applied through a… The collection record gives measurements height: 2.15 cm, width: 4.8 cm, depth: 3.5 cm (pendant); height: 8.2 cm, width: 5.0 cm, depth: 2.4 cm (overall). Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.