Case (Inrō) with Design of Shoki with Wide Hat and Sword

Medium

Lacquer, wakasa nuri, mottled ground, gold and silver hiramakie, raden; Interior: roiro and fundame

Dimensions

4 15/16 x 1 7/8 x 13/16 in. (12.6 x 4.7 x 2.1 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

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

Accession Number

29.100.856

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