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Lacquered Inro with Gold Coin Design

Asian Art

MEDIUM Lacquer
  • Place Made: Japan
  • DATES 19th century
    PERIOD Edo Period
    DIMENSIONS Inro: 2 3/16 x 3 9/16 in. (5.6 x 9 cm) Netsuke Dog Head: 1 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (3.8 x 5.4 cm)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 46.203.11a-c
    CREDIT LINE Bequest of Mary T. Cockcroft
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1905, provenance not yet documented; before 1905, acquired by Thomas Ennals Waggaman of Washington, D.C.; January 25, 1905, sold by the American Art Galleries, New York, NY, "Catalogue of the Art Treasures Collected by Thomas E. Waggaman," lot 176; between 1906 and 1946, provenance not yet documented; by 1946, acquired by Mary Thurston Cockcroft of New York, NY; March 5, 1946, gift of Mary Thurston Cockcroft to the Brooklyn Museum.
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