Case (Inrō) with Design of Falcon on Perches and Blossoming Plum Tree

Medium

Gold lacquer with silver, black and red makie and gold and silver inlay Lacquer, fundame, gold, silver, black and red hiramakie, gold foil; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

3 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9.2 x 4.7 x 2.8 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

29.100.880

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