Case (Inrō) with Design of an Animal Biting a Feather

Medium

Inside plain gold and black lacquer; outside gold ground with raised design, animal biting feather; netsuke, ivory carving

Dimensions

H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.681

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