Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Chinese Sages Playing Musical Instruments on a Verandah
Object type: Inrō
Date: 17th–18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquer, roiro, rubbed fundame, brown and black hiramakie, tortoiseshell, aogai; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Dimensions: 2 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 in. (6.7 x 5.2 x 2.6 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: Musical Instruments, term: Men, term: Flowers