Case (Inrō) with Design of Three Large Dragonflies

Medium

Lacquer, roiro, gold, brown and red hiramakie, takamakie, ceramic inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions

H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 3/16 (5.6 cm); D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

Classification

Inrō

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.328

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