亀甲竹細工印籠|Tortoiseshell and Basketry Inrō

Medium

Single case; tortoiseshell under bamboo or rattan covered with lacquer (urushi) Netsuke: turtle; wood Ojime: insects and butterflies; bronze with metal inlays

Dimensions

H. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); W. 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); D. 1 in. (2.6 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

91.1.2153a–c