Case (Inrō) with Design of Flowering Plants with Dragonfly and Insects

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, hirame, gold and red hiramakie, aogai, raden, stained ivory; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

3 3/16 x 2 1/4 x 7/8 in. (8.1 x 5.7 x 2.3 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)

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

29.100.875

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