Title: Pipe Case with Design of Flowers and Butterflies
Object type: Pipe-case with pipe
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Tamakaji Zōkoku 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1803?–1866
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lacquer, silver and shakudo
Dimensions: W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); L. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
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: Butterflies, term: Flowers