Inrō with Shells and Seaweeds amid Rocks and Waves

Medium

Lacquer, roiro and rubbed fundame, gold and black hiramakie, applied metals; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 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

91.1.692

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