Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Shells
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Artist:  Tōyō 
Artist bio: Japanese, active second half of the 18th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lacquer, roiro, gyobu, gold, black, silver and brown hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Dimensions: 3 15/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in. (10 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Shells