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Case (Inrō) with Design of Monkeys Trying to get Persimmons with Stick (obverse); Hawk in Persimmon Tree (reverse)
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Monkeys Trying to get Persimmons with Stick (obverse); Hawk in Persimmon Tree (reverse)

18th–19th century

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, gold, silver, brown and red hiramakie, various inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

4 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 15/16 in. (10.4 x 4.4 x 2.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Classification

Inrō

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Rights

Public Domain

About Hanabusa Itchō

1652–1724Japan

Japanese, 1652–1724