Catalogue information
Kamakura period, 14th century
Lacquered, polychromed, and gilded wood with inlaid crystal eyes
H. 42–46.3 cm (16 1/2–18 1/4 in.)
The six are tentatively identified as 2. Ox (丑); 4. Rabbit (卯); 6. Snake (巳); 7. Horse (午); 11. Dog (戌); 12. Boar (亥)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
See also
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 557 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.