里芋菊蒔絵重箱|Stacked Food Box (Jūbako) with Taro Plants and Chrysanthemums
Shibata Zeshin
mid-19th century
Medium
Lacquered wood, gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and colored togidashimaki-e
Dimensions
H. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Classification
Lacquer
Culture & Period
Japan · late Edo (1615–1868)–early Meiji (1868–1912) period
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number
2015.300.289a–g
Tags
Flowers
About the Artist
Shibata Zeshin · 1807–1891
Japanese, 1807–1891