Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist: Shibata Zeshin
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Colored lacquer and gold maki-e on wood

Netsuke: ivory in form of fox reclining on large leaf; Ojima: gold bead; connecting cord, dark green silk Inro with netsuke and ojime
Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 2 1/8 x 13/16 in. (7.7 x 5.4 x 2 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1957
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Foxes