Case (Inrō) with Design of Various Flowers Growing beside Rocks and Fence

Medium

Lacquer, red and gyobu, gold and silver hiramakie, coral, raden, metal inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame, upper case three-divided

Dimensions

H. 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); D. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

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

Accession Number

91.1.687

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