Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Three Large Dragonflies
Object type: Inrō
Date: ca. 1750
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquer, roiro, gold, brown and red hiramakie, takamakie, ceramic inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Dimensions: H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 3/16 (5.6 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: Dragonflies