Case (Inrō) with Design of Quail Standing beside Millet Stalks

Medium

Lacquer, roiro and rubbed nashiji, gold, black and red hiramakie, raden; Interior: roiro and fundame, each case gold metal label

Dimensions

H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); D. 13/16 in. (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

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

Accession Number

91.1.693

Tags