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. (8.8 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); D. 13/16 in. (2.1 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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幾何模様蒔絵印籠, Inrō, Geometric Pattern, Edo period, 1615–1868, first half, the19th century, Japan, Four cases, lacquered wood, metal, mother, pearl inlay, black lacquer ground, Netsuke, ryūsa type carved ivory, floral design, Ojime, metal bead, chrysanthemum, H, 3 7/16, 8.8 cm, W, 2 1/8, 5.4, D, 13/16, 2.1, pearl-shell motifs scattered, surface, inro, floral, lattice, structure, identifies, design, abstract representation, nets, repetitive pattern, entire surface, reflect, stencils, decorate Japanese, textiles, small patterns, resist-dye technique, tradition, flourished, late eighteenth, nineteenth centuries
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