Title: Inrō with Cranes in Rice Fields
Object type: Inrō
Date: 18th–19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Gold lacquer ground with gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, red lacquer, and kirikane (cut-out foil)
Ojime: bead; coral
Netsuke: box with shells and seaweed; maki-e lacquer with gold and abalone-shell inlay
Dimensions: H. 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Cranes