Title: Inrō with Grapevine
Object type: Inrō
Date: second half of the 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Nomura Choheisai 
Artist bio: Japanese, active second half of the 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: One case; lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e, gold foil application with green stained ivory, mother-of-pearl, amber, and horn inlays on black lacquer ground
Netsuke: ivory; kagamibuta with inlaid design of gourd and vine
Ojime: ivory bead with inlaid design of branch with fruits
Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm); W. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); D. 1 3/16 in. (3 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: Grapes