Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Basket of Persimmons (obverse); Monkey Eating Persimmon (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Mori Sosen 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1747–1821
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lacquer, gold and silver hirame, gold, red and coloured hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: red lacquer, fundame and decoration; the interior risers decorated in gold and silver togidashi with various brocade pattern, key-fret, waves, etc.
Dimensions: 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 13/16 in. (7.9 x 8 . 2.1 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: Fruit, term: Monkeys