Title: Tortoiseshell and Basketry Inrō
Object type: Inrō
Date: 17th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Three cases; tortoiseshell under plaited bamboo or rattan covered with lacquer (urushi) Netsuke: manju type, imitating basketry; stained ivory Ojime: flower; bronze
Dimensions: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.4 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (8 cm); D. 7/8 in. (2.2 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