春秋花草蒔絵印籠|Inrō with Basket of Spring Flowers (obverse); Basket of Autumn Flowers (reverse)
Unknown Artist
late 18th–early 19th century
Medium
Five cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cutout gold foil application on black and nashiji lacquer ground Netsuke: lacquered wood with hiramaki-e; chrysanthemum and paulownia flower Ojime: silver bead inlaid with gold
Dimensions
3 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/8 in. (9.3 x 5.3 x 2.8 cm)
Classification
Inrō
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.100.201
Tags
Flowers