Case (Inrō) with Design of Geese in Flight above Thatched Roofs and Pines

Medium

Lacquer, nashiji, gold, silver and brown hiramakie, nashiji and kirigane; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm); W. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); D. 7/8 in. (2.3 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

81.1.342

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