Case (Inrō) with Design of Butterflies in Flight above Flowering Clematis

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, nashiji, gold foil, aogai inlay; Interior: red lacquer, nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

3 x 2 1/16 x 1 in. (7.6 x 5.2 x 2.5 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture

Japan

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

29.100.881

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