Tray

Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)


Item type:
decorative art
Date of creation:
19th century
Height:
3.8 cm  (1 1/2 in.)
Width:
11.7 cm  (4 5/8 in.)
Depth:
21.6 cm  (8 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
lacquer with gold
Place of creation:
Nihon [Japan] (日本国)

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    Japanese art[Museum inv. no.: 36.100.153]

Description

A tray in the shape of and painted to resemble a biwa.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Biwa [3325]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5224