月に秋草図屏風|Autumn Grasses in Moonlight
The Met
Artist: Shibata Zeshin(Japanese, 1807–1891)
Date: second half of the 19th century
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Two-panel folding screen; ink, lacquer, silver, and silver leaf on paper
Dimensions: Image (each panel): 18 in. × 33 1/4 in. (45.7 × 84.5 cm) Each panel, with frame: 26 1/8 × 34 3/8 in. (66.4 × 87.3 cm) Overall with frame (both panels): 26 1/8 in. × 69 in. (66.4 × 175.3 cm)
Credit Line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Two panels with ink-painted plants and grasses on a distressed metallic background, a large circular form to the right
Detailed Description
Two rectangular panels are depicted. Each panel features an upper section with painted imagery and a lower wooden section. The upper sections display a background of distressed metallic leaf, appearing as a mottled silver and gold surface. Against this background, dark ink-painted plants and grasses are rendered. The left panel shows a dense arrangement of leafy vines and thin stems, with a few small, faint orange-brown elements among the foliage. The right panel features a large, pale yellow-orange circular form positioned behind more dark foliage and tall, thin blades of grass that extend upwards and to the right. The foliage on the right panel is similar in style to the left, with dark, broad leaves and delicate stems. The lower section of each panel is made of dark brown wood, with a prominent black, symmetrical, ornate cutout design centered within it. Each cutout design features a central four-lobed motif flanked by curving scrollwork, forming a border along the bottom.
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