Inro: Three Black Crows on Flowering Plum Tree Silhouetted Against Silver Moon

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Inro: Three Black Crows on Flowering Plum Tree Silhouetted Against Silver Moon

Artist Koyusai (Japanese)

Date19th century

Dimensions3 9/16 x 2 5/16 in. (9.1 x 5.8 cm)

Mediumlacquer

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee

Object number

1950.109C

Not on View

DescriptionLacquer: (exterior) gold, silver, and black lacquers on a nashiji ground; (interior) nashiji.

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