Artist
Shibata Zeshin
(柴田是真; 1807–1891)
Catalogue information
Late Edo–early Meiji period, 19th century
Polychrome lacquer with gold and silver maki-e and lead inlay
42 x 24.3 x 22.8 cm (16 1/2 x 9 5/8 x 9 in.)
Donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015
Literature
Gōke Tadaomi 1981, vol. 1, no. 8
; 1981
Shibata Zeshin meihinshū: Bakumatsu kaikaki no shikkō kaiga (Masterpieces by Shibata Zeshin: Painting and lacquerware from the late Edo and early Meiji periods). 2 vols. Tokyo: Gakushū Kenkyūsha.
Avitabile 1990, no. 126
; 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. 73
; 1993
Jewel Rivers: Japanese Art from the Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Art.
Murase 2000, no. 127.
2000
Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
See also
- Japanese lacquer » Maki-e (蒔絵, Sprinkled Picture)
- Boxes
- Works of the Edo period
- Works of the Meiji period
- Works by Shibata Zeshin
This artwork was published as catalogue entry 771 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.
Additional details
Signatures
[inside each lid] Zeshin