Case (Inrō) with Design of Falcon on Perches and Blossoming Plum Tree

Period:: Edo period (1615–1868)

Date:: 19th century

Culture:: Japan

Medium:: Gold lacquer with silver, black and red makie and gold and silver inlay Lacquer, fundame, gold, silver, black and red hiramakie, gold foil; Interior: nashiji and fundame

Dimensions:: 3 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9.2 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm)

Classification:: Inrō

Credit Line:: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number:: 29.100.880

Not on view

Mrs. H. O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer , New York (until d. 1929; bequeathed to MMA).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Arts of Japan," November 5, 1991–December 15, 1992.

Timelines
Japan, 1800-1900 A.D.

Department

Asian Art (35,424)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

A.D. 1800–1900 (108,270)

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