Title: Inrō with Shells and Seaweeds amid Rocks and Waves
Object type: Inrō
Date: 17th–18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Inrō: four cases; lacquered wood, gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cutout gold foil application, silver inlay on gold ground; metal cord runners; ojime: copper with mixed-metal inlay and gilded details; netsuke: carved ivory
Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Shells