Case (Inrō) with Design of Dewdrops and Insects on Autumn Grasses in Basket

Medium

Sprinkled gold lacquer with mother-of-pearl, stone, and metal Ojime: ovoid gold bead decorated with grasses Netuske: black wood carved as a piece of firewood

Dimensions

3 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 3/4 in. (9.5 x 6.8 x 1.9 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

36.100.198

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