Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Bird Seated on the Stalk of a Flowering Peony (obverse); Peonies (reverse)
Object type: Inrō
Date: 18th–19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Gold lacquer, porcelain, white ground, red, yellow, blue, green enamels; Interior: plain
Dimensions: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm); D. 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Purchase by subscription, 1879
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Peonies