Case (Inrō) in Shape of Tea Caddy in Its Brocade Cover
19th century
Medium
Lacquer, silver ground, gold, black and red togidashi, ivory lid; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Dimensions
2 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 1 1/16 (6.3 x 5.6 x 2.7 cm)
Classification
Inrō
Culture
Japan
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.100.214
About the Artist
Koma Kōryū · ?–1796
**Koma Kōryū** (d. 1796), born Kimura Shichiemon, was a distinguished Japanese lacquer artist of the Edo period, renowned for his mastery of maki-e inrō. Little is known of his early life, which remains sparsely documented, but he rose to prominence through his close ties to the illustrious Koma family, a dynasty of lacquerers serving the Tokugawa shogunate since the 17th century. Adopted into the...