Title: Inrō with Basket of Spring Flowers (obverse); Basket of Autumn Flowers (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: late 18th–early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Five cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cutout gold foil application on black and nashiji lacquer ground
Netsuke: lacquered wood with hiramaki-e; chrysanthemum and paulownia flower
Ojime: silver bead inlaid with gold
Dimensions: 3 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/8 in. (9.3 x 5.3 x 2.8 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: Flowers