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Inrō with Lotus and Crab (obverse); Lotus and Tadpole (reverse)
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Inrō with Lotus and Crab (obverse); Lotus and Tadpole (reverse)

second half 19th century

Inrō: four cases; wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, lead, mixed-metal inlay; ojime: tadpoles in a stream; copper alloy with mixed-metal inlays; netsuke: turtle in a lotus leaf; carved ivory with gilded copper
Asian Art
CC0 — Public Domain
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Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

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