Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of  Hō-ō Bird in Flight (obverse); Inscription (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquer, brown, red mottled ground, brown hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: silver and brown lacquer
Dimensions: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm); W. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); D. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds