Inro with gourd plant, netsuke with phoenix, ojime with boy and moon
Also known as: Inro met kalebasplant, netsuke met feniks, ojime met jongen en maan
Record status
Individual type · partial
Inro with gourd plant, netsuke with phoenix, ojime with boy and moon is held by Rijksmuseum. Museum description: Inro with netsuke and ojime. The five-case inro is decorated with gourd plants in takamakie on a gold-sprinkled ground; the gourds (partly in silver) and a fence (in mother-of-pearl) are inlaid. The netsuke is decorated with a phoenix; the ojime is carved into a small boy looking at the moon. (the netsuke and ojime were added later) The museum record gives material recorded as On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands; measurements height 6.5 cm; height 3.6 cm; diameter 1.5 cm; place associated: Japan; urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.537. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
- Dimensions
- height 6.5 cm; height 3.6 cm; diameter 1.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- lacquer (coating); wood (plant material); bone (material); mother of pearl; gold (metal); silver (metal)
- Place recorded
- Japan; urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.537
Identification
- Europeana id
- /90402/AK_MAK_1497
- Museum object name
- Inro met kalebasplant, netsuke met feniks, ojime met jongen en maan
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
Catalogue references
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Research required
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