Inro (Japan), ca. 1890 (CH 18391527).jpg
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Inro (Japan), ca. 1890 (CH 18391527), Box in form of a turtle, with tail and feet drawn in and head partially extended.  Divided tranversally to four sections, fitted into each other and lacquered black on inside. Strung on brown silk cord with turtle-shaped Ojime 1952-164-24 and Netsuke 1952-164-25.
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Inro (Japan), ca. 1890 (CH 18391527), Turtles of Japan, Inrō, Artworks of Japan in the Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Product Design and Decorative Arts in the Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, wood, silk (cord), Artist, Unknown, Inro (Japan), ca. 1890
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印籠縦4段に分割し、内側に漆塗りを施した。茶色の絹紐に亀形小締め昭和二十四年、根付昭和二十四年、根付
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インロ
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japan current box turtle strung tail-shaped