Case (Inrō) with Design of Crickets

Medium

Case: carved red lacquer; Fastener (ojime): silver with openwork slide; Toggle (netsuke): red lacquer carved in the shape of a lobed table with two gentlemen playing a game of go

Dimensions

H. 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm); W. 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm); D. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 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

36.100.225

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