Case (Inrō) with Design of Spring Fern and Horsetail (obverse); Deer (reverse)

Medium

Ceramic, mother-of-pearl, pewter on brown lacquer with sprinkled gold Ojime: bead; agate Netsuke: ivory and wood

Dimensions

2 15/16 x 2 1/8 x 7/8 in. (7.5 x 5.4 x 2.3 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

29.100.784

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