Case (Inrō) with Design of Tortoises on Rocks (obverse); Tortoises Swimming beneath a Waterfall (reverse)

Medium

Lacquer, fundame, gold, silver and brown hiramakie, gold foil, kirigane; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

3 9/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9.1 x 4.7 x 2.8 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

Rogers Fund, 1913

Accession Number

13.67.67

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