Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Chickens beside Spring Plants
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquer, roiro, gold and coloured hiramakie, kirigane, applied tsuishu; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Dimensions: 3 1/16 x 2 7/8 x 7/8 in. (7.8 x 7.3 x 2.3 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: Chickens, term: Insects