Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese Women at Court
Object type: Inrō
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Roiro (waxen) lacquer decorated with incised gold; Ojime: stone bead, Netsuke: carved ebony monkey
Dimensions: 3 3/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/16 in. (8.1 x 6.1 x 3 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Human Figures, term: Birds, term: Trees