Oval inro with ojime and netsuke, decorated with engraved flowers and butterflies

Made:: Japan

maker:: Unknown

Silver inro, oval body, pulls apart in the centre
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Silver inro, oval body, pulls apart in the centre, with cord passing through a tube around the outer rim, with ojime and netsuke, engraved flowers and butterflies on inro and netsuke, Japanese

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A642197

Materials:: silver and string

Measurements:: inro: 40 mm x 40 mm x 20 mm,
including cord and netsuke: 60 mm

type:: inro, ojime and netsuke

credit:: Glendining

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