Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Buddhist Angel (obverse); Pine Forest (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: late 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Tōyō 
Artist bio: Japanese, active second half of the 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Silver shibuichi lacquer decorated with roiro (waxen) lacquer and gold sprinkled and polished hiramakie lacquer; Ojime: coral bead; Netsuke: metal zogan inlay pine tree
Dimensions: 3 7/16 x 2 9/16 x 1 1/8 in. (8.7 x 6.5 x 2.9 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flutes, term: Trees, term: Angels