Title: Inrō with Herons among Reeds (obverse); Crow (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Silver, gold togidashimaki-e, black lacquer, hiramaki-e on gold ground;
Netsuke: Chinese scholars and house; ivory;
Ojime: flowers; metal
Dimensions: a) H. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm); D. 1 in. (2.6 cm)
b) Gr. Diam. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
c) Ojime: Diam. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Bequest of Hope Skillman Schary, 1981
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds