Who created "Box with Design of Benkei and a Bell"?

Box with Design of Benkei and a Bell was created by Shibata Zeshin|Ikeda Taishin in 1862.

What medium is "Box with Design of Benkei and a Bell"?

Box with Design of Benkei and a Bell is Mokume-nuri, gold, silver, red, black lacquer, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e.

Yes, Box with Design of Benkei and a Bell is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

1862

Medium

Mokume-nuri, gold, silver, red, black lacquer, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e

Dimensions

H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 6 in. (15.2 cm); D. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

Accession Number

36.100.171a, b