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Case (Inrō) with Design of Seated Monkey Looking at a Wasp (obverse); Crabs with Fan beside Waves (reverse)
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Case (Inrō) with Design of Seated Monkey Looking at a Wasp (obverse); Crabs with Fan beside Waves (reverse)

19th century

Medium

Metal, brass metal, incised, various applied metals; Interior: silver metal

Dimensions

2 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in. (6.7 x 5 x 2 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

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Mori Sosen

1747–1821Japan

Specialized in painting macaques and many other types of animals based on first-hand study.