Case (Inrō) with Design of Flowering Cherry Trees Beside Winding River (obverse); Maple Trees in Autumn (reverse)

Medium

Lacquer, fundame, gold, silver, red and black hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 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

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.324

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