Inrô, Shibata Zeshin
Lacquer ware
Japan
Subject/design:
Camellia flowers in a bamboo basket with high handle, blossoms on a twig and nuts.
The reverse shows a ceramic container with a flowering plum branch, a large chestnut and pomegranates.
Materials:
Polychrome takamaki-e lacquer
Date:
Late 19th century
Size:
7.7 x 5.7 x 2.4 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Artist:
Signed « Zeshin 是真 » (Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807-1891)
Inventory number:
CB.LJ.1944.408
Copyright:
Fondation Baur
Photographer:
Marian Gérard