Case (Inrō) with Design of Pomegranate Branches and Fruits

Medium

Lacquer covered with horizontal aogai strips, ceramic inlay, gold hiramakie; Interior: roiro and fundame

Dimensions

H .2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); D. 15/16 in. (2.4 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

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.711

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