亀甲竹細工印籠|Tortoiseshell and Basketry Inrō

Medium

Three cases; tortoiseshell under plaited bamboo or rattan covered with lacquer (urushi) Netsuke: manju type, imitating basketry; stained ivory Ojime: flower; bronze

Dimensions

H. 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (8 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

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

Accession Number

91.1.719