Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Quail Standing beside Millet Stalks
Object type: Inrō
Date: mid-18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquer, roiro and rubbed nashiji, gold, black and red hiramakie, raden; Interior: roiro and fundame, each case gold metal label
Dimensions: H. 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); W. 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); D. 13/16 in. (2 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: Birds, term: Plants