Kajikawa School
Sagemono: Inro featuring sea life

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Artist Kajikawa School(Japanese, active 17th–19th centuries)Japanese, active 17th–19th centuries

CultureJapanese

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Sagemono: Inro featuring sea life

Date19th century

OriginJapan

MediumLacquer, gold, wood, bone, mother-of-pearl, silver, bronze

Dimensions8 × 2 3/4 × 7/8 in. (20.3 × 7 × 2.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Museum Collectors

Object number2018.205

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS & WEIGHTS

ProvenancePrivate Collection, San Francisco; [Orientations Gallery, New York, 2009]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History"Just Dandy: Japanese Gentlemen’s Accessories," The Nippon Club, New York, January 25–February 21, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inro: mark of the Kajikawa workshop
Netsuke: signed Tokisada (given name of Masatoshi 1915-2001)

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