Case (Inrō) with Design of Blossoming Plum Tree

Medium

Lacquer with sprinkled gold, silver, and red makie and takamakie Ojime: bead; tortoiseshell Netsuke: basket; woven reeds

Dimensions

3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 15/16 in. (8.8 x 6 x 2.4 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

36.100.195

Rights

Public Domain

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