竹カタツモリ蒔絵印籠　銘　「眼文」|Inrō with Snail on Bamboo (obverse) and Poem (reverse)

Medium

Single case; lacquered wood imitating bamboo with pewter and silver inlay and gold hiramaki-e Netsuke: bamboo; lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and stained ivory inlay Ojime: snail; copper

Dimensions

4 x 3 1/8 x 7/8 in. (10.1 x 7.9 x 2.3 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

13.67.10

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