Caption

Tray, ; subject: two wading herons and a clump of irises kachôga; wooden tray covered with black roiro lacquer; decoration in gold and silver hiramaki-e with three dark blue leaves; Meiji Period 1868–1912, 19th/20th century; Japan; height 3.5 cm, width 28.3 cm, depth 28.3 cm., A decorative square tray with a black background and a dark brown rounded frame showing a painted scene of a group of pale flowers and long leaves in golden and blue tones rising from the lower edge, accompanied by a pair of small birds in golden and light brown shades standing on a blade of grass; the flowers have pale petals with subtle white highlights and yellow centers, and the composition includes thin golden lines suggesting water ripples.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_443

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (1.5Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tray subject two wading herons clump irises kachôga wooden tray covered black roiro lacquer decoration gold silver hiramaki-e three dark blue leaves Meiji Period 1868–1912 19th 20th century Japan height 3.5 cm width 28.3 cm depth 28.3 cm decorative square tray black background dark brown rounded frame showing painted scene group pale flowers long leaves golden blue tones rising lower edge accompanied pair small birds light brown shades standing blade grass flowers pale petals subtle white highlights yellow centers composition includes thin golden lines suggesting water ripples.