Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Butterflies
Shibata Zeshin
dated 1881
Medium
Lacquer and mother-of-pearl fragments
Dimensions
7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (19.1 x 16.5 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.100.111
Tags
Butterflies
About the Artist
Shibata Zeshin · 1807–1891
Japanese, 1807–1891