Case (Inrō) with Design of a Suit of Armor (obverse); Flasks for Boys Festival (reverse)

Medium

Gold and colored lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl on ro-iro black lacquer; ojime: metal bead inlaid with silver; netsuke: carved ebony inlaid with ivory design of Daruma

Dimensions

3 7/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/4 in. (9.8 x 4.9 x 3.2 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1913

Accession Number

13.67.83

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