Case (Inrō) with Design of Courtier Playing Flute among Autumn Grasses (obverse); An Assassin (reverse)

Medium

Metal, shakudo, silver metal, incised, pierced, applied metals; Interior: silver metal

Dimensions

H. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); D. 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

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

Accession Number

91.1.1064

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