Case (Inrō) with Design of Gibbon Reaching for Frog (Symbol of Moon) (obverse); Well with Bucket (reverse)

Medium

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

Dimensions

2 1/2 x 2 x 13/16 in. (6.4 x 5.1 x 2 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

Accession Number

36.100.237

Rights

Public Domain

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