Case (Inrō) with Design of Chickens beside Spring Plants

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, gold and coloured hiramakie, kirigane, applied tsuishu; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

3 1/16 x 2 7/8 x 7/8 in. (7.8 x 7.3 x 2.3 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

Accession Number

36.100.190

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