幾何模様蒔絵印籠, Inrō with Geometric Pattern, first half of the19th century

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幾何模様蒔絵印籠, Inrō with Geometric Pattern, Edo period (1615–1868), first half of the19th century, Japan, Four cases; lacquered wood with metal and mother-of-pearl inlay on black lacquer ground; Netsuke: ryūsa type carved ivory; floral design; Ojime: metal bead with chrysanthemum, H. 3 7/16 in. ( cm); W. 2 1/8 in. ( cm); D. 13/16 in. ( cm), Inrō, Although the pearl-shell motifs scattered over the surface of this inro appear floral, the lattice-like structure also identifies the design as an abstract representation of nets. Such a repetitive pattern over the entire surface may reflect the use of stencils to decorate Japanese textiles with small, repetitive patterns by the resist-dye technique, a tradition that flourished in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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