Object type: Inrō
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist: Yasumasa Ekisei
Artist role: Artist
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Gold lacquer with gold, silver, and brown hiramakie sprinkled and polished lacquer, takamakie sprinkled and polished lacquer relief, and ivory, abalone, and mother-of-pearl inlay; Interior: nashiji, fundame and decoration; Netsuke: ebony man crouching beneath a load of coral; Ojime: wood and metal two-faced head of a demon
Dimensions: 3 15/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 in. (10 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, 1940
Accession year: 1940