Case (Inrō) with Design of Herd Boy Wearing Hat beside Piebald Ox

Medium

Lacquer, hirame ground, light brown, brown and black hiramakie, eye raden; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

2 11/16 x 2 x 13/16 in. (6.8 x 5.1 x 2 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

29.100.888

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