Case (Inrō) with Design of Flowering Weeping Cherry Branches

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, nashiji, gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); W. 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm); D. 1 in. (2.6 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

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.300

Rights

Public Domain

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