Flask with wisteria

Details

• Title

  Flask with wisteria

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd half of the 17th century

• Material and technique

  wood, covered in black lacquer, with hiramaki-e lacquer decoration in gold and silver; silver neck

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered

• Object type

  container › vessel › flask

• Dimensions

  23.5 x 22 x 11 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1987.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1987.35

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