Inro: boy playing flute seated on an ox in a landscape

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Inro: boy playing flute seated on an ox in a landscape

Place of OriginJapan

Date19th century

Dimensions3 x 2 3/16 in. (7.6 x 5.5 cm)

Mediumlacquer

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee

Object number

1950.100C

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DescriptionFront: boy playing flute seated on an ox in a landscape. Back: boy seated on bundle of twigs before a cliff. Lacquer: (exterior) black and cinnebar lacquer with relief carving; (interior) black lacquer.

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