Case (Inrō) with Design of Bee Flying beside Flowering Poppies

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, gold hiramakie, takamakie, ceramic, stained raden, pewter inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); W. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); D. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 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

91.1.697

Rights

Public Domain

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