Title: Inrō with Tiger Drinking from a River beside Rocks and Pine Tree
Object type: Inrō
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Two cases; lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cut-out gold foil application on black ground
Netsuke: bat; carved walrus ivory
Ojime: coral bead
Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 15/16 in. (6.4 x 6.4 x 2.4 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Tigers, term: Rivers, term: Trees