Case (Inrō) with Design of Hō-ō Bird in Flight (obverse); Inscription (reverse)

Medium

Lacquer, brown, red mottled ground, brown hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: silver and brown lacquer

Dimensions

H. 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm); W. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); D. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 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

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.714

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