Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Two Hō-ō Birds in Flight among Flowering Kiri Branches
Object type: Inrō
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquer, roiro, nashiji, gold and silver hiramakie, togidashi, kirigane; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Dimensions: a) H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); W. 1 3/16 in. (5.5 cm); th. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
b) H. 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Th. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
c) H. 5/8 in.  (1.6 cm); W. 3/8 in. (1 cm); D. 5/16 in. (.8 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