Case (Inrō) with Design of Maple Leaves on Conventionalized Waves

Medium

Sprinkled gold and silver lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl; ojime is nut carved with dragon motifs; netsuke is dancer carved in wood with ivory bugaku mask; Interior: nashiji, fundame and roiro

Dimensions

3 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 13/16 in. (8.7 x 6.3 x 2.1 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

29.100.843