Case (Inrō) with Design of Monkeys' Festival

Medium

Maki-e with black on gold lacquer Ojime: lacquered wood in the shape of a chestnut Netsuke: carved ivory with a sleeping man and a monkey

Dimensions

H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); D. 7/8 in. (2.2 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

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.314

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