Case (Inrō) with Design of Monkey on Background of Flowers (obverse); Flowering Scrolls (reverse)

Medium

Lacquer, dark brown, grey and brown hiramakie, takamakie, fundame, red, silver; Interior: roiro and fundame

Dimensions

2 3/16 x 2 1/2 x 13/16 in. (5.6 x 6.4 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

29.100.901

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