Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Masts of Sailing Boats (obverse); Bird in Flight (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Lacquer, roiro, nashiji, gold hiramakie, kirigane, raden inlay; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Dimensions: 3 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. (7.6 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Boats