Case (Inrō) with Design of Mount Fuji seen above Rice Fields (obverse); Pines and Cloud Bands in Autumn (reverse)

Medium

Lacquer, kinji, gold, silver, and brown hiramakie, takamakie, kirigane and nashiji; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); D. 1 1/8 in. (2.8 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

81.1.303

Rights

Public Domain

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