Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Praying Mantis beside Broken Wheel Overgrown with Vines
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquer, wakasa nuri, yellow, red marbled ground, black, grey and brown lacquer; Interior: roiro
Dimensions: 3 5/16 x 2 9/16 x 1 1/8 in. (8.4 x 6.5 x 2.8 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Insects, term: Vines