Case (Inrō) with Design of an Animal Biting a Feather

Medium

Inside plain gold and black lacquer; outside gold ground with raised design, animal biting feather; netsuke, ivory carving

Dimensions

H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); D. 3/4 in. (1.9 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

91.1.681

Rights

Public Domain

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