Catalogue information
Momoyama–Edo period, early 17th century
Black lacquer with gold maki-e and pictorial pearskin ground (e-nashiji, 絵梨地)
10 x 58.4 x 34.6 cm (4 x 23 x 13 5/8 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Literature
Doi Kumiko 1987, no. 10
; 1987
Urushi kōgei no bi (The beauty of lacquer arts and crafts). Osaka: Osaka City Museum.
Avitabile 1990, no. 113
; 1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
Murase 1993, no. 70.
1993
Jewel Rivers: Japanese Art from the Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
See also
- Japanese lacquer » Maki-e (蒔絵, Sprinkled Picture)
- Furniture items
- Tables
- Works of the Momoyama period
- Works of the Edo period
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 747 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.