Case (Inrō) with Design of Insects beside Flowering Autumn Grasses

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, gold and silver hiramakie, nashiji; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); W. 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); D. 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.327

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