Title: Case (Inrō) in Shape of Tea Caddy in Its Brocade Cover
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Artist:  Koma Kōryū 
Artist bio: Japanese, died 1796
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lacquer, silver ground, gold, black and red togidashi, ivory lid; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 1 1/16 (6.3 x 5.6 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