Title: Inrō with Portuguese Figures
Object type: Inrō
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and cut-out gold foil application on black ground
Netsuke: dog; ivory
Ojime: antler bead
Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); D. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Dogs