Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, black lacquer, gold and silver foil application, and mother-of-pearl inlay on red ground
Netsuke: seated Baku (mythical animal); ivory
Ojime: bead of various alloyed metals
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Culture: Japan
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