Case (Inrō) with Design of Bee Flying beside Flowering Poppies

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, gold hiramakie, takamakie, ceramic, stained raden, pewter inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); W. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); D. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 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

91.1.697

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