Title: Inrō with Woman and Attendant; Man Reading Characters on a Stone Road Marker (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Four cases; lacquered wood with gold, silver, and color (iroko) togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil application on black ground
Netsuke: snail emerging from its shell; carved wood
Ojime: coral bead
Dimensions: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Th. 7/8 in. (2.2 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: Men, term: Women, term: Servants