Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Maple Leaves on Conventionalized Waves
Object type: Inrō
Date: ca. 1820
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Sprinkled gold and silver lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl; ojime is nut carved with dragon motifs; netsuke is dancer carved in wood with ivory bugaku mask; Interior: nashiji, fundame and roiro
Dimensions: 3 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 13/16 in. (8.7 x 6.3 x 2.1 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY