Case (Inrō) with Design of Dragon in Clouds Emerging from Waves before Mount Fuji

Medium

Lacquer, kinji, nashiji, gold, silver and black hiramakie, togidashi; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm); W. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); D. 1 in. (2.6 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

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

29.100.800

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