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Case (Inrō) with Design of Caparisoned Elephant Standing (obverse); Two Karako with Trumpet, Banner (reverse)

Credit: Rogers Fund, 1913
19th century
Lacquer, roiro, hirame, gold, silver and colored hiramakie, takamakie; interior: nashiji and fundame; each case: silver metal box
9.4 x 6.5 x 2.8 cm
13.67.96
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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