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Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Butterflies and Eulalias
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Lacquer, cherry bark, gold, red, black and brown hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: plain and fundame
Dimensions: H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); W. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession Number: 91.1.702
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