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Case (Inrō) with Design of Bird Seated on Snowy Pine Branch (obverse); Bird beside Red Berry Plant (reverse)

Unknown Artist

18th–19th century

Case (Inrō) with Design of Bird Seated on Snowy Pine Branch (obverse); Bird beside Red Berry Plant (reverse) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, fundame, nashiji, gold, silver and red togidashi; Interior: roiro and fundame

Dimensions

3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.802

Tags

BirdsPlants

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