Untitled
The Met
Artist: Shibata Zeshin(Japanese, 1807–1891)
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Album leaf; lacquer on gold paper
Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (12.1 x 8.9 cm)
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
A reddish-brown gourd and a black rectangular box with a red handle on textured gold.
Detailed Description
The artwork features a reddish-brown gourd and a black rectangular box against a textured gold background. The gold background has a slightly mottled appearance with visible brushstrokes or paper fibers. On the left side, a double-lobed gourd, colored in a muted reddish-brown, rests on the lower portion of the image. A thin red string is tied around its narrow middle section, with a small loop extending downwards. To the right, a tall, rectangular black box stands vertically. It has a prominent red handle that arches over its top and extends down its sides. The black surfaces of the box are decorated with a pattern of small, stylized gold shapes resembling ginkgo leaves, interspersed with thin, wavy white lines. Several small, irregular gray shapes are scattered across the gold background, primarily to the left of the gourd and above it. A small red square with illegible characters is visible in the bottom right corner of the black box, near the bottom edge of the artwork.
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