Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Monkeys' Festival
Object type: Inrō
Date: 18th–19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Maki-e with black on gold lacquer
Ojime: lacquered wood in the shape of a chestnut
Netsuke: carved ivory with a sleeping man and a monkey
Dimensions: H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); D. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Dancing, term: Monkeys, term: Wrestling