Caption

Tray, gift; wooden tray covered with black roiro lacquer; decoration: two wading herons and a clump of irises, made with gold and silver hiramaki-e three dark blue leaves. Meiji Period 1868–1912, 19th/20th century, Japan. Kachôga bird-and-flower subject. Height 3.5 cm; width 28.3 cm; depth 28.3 cm., A square black tray with rounded corners and raised edges features a painted decorative design showing a group of long, slender golden-yellow leaves and a few dark green blades extending across the black surface, a pair of golden-yellow frogs perched among the leaves, and a cluster of pale silvery-white flowers with soft yellow centers; the tray's exterior is dark brown to black and the background around the tray is gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_445

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72.7Mb (1006.3Kb) / 20.0in x 14.1in / 6000 x 4233 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tray gift wooden tray covered black roiro lacquer decoration two wading herons clump irises gold silver hiramaki-e three dark blue leaves Meiji Period 1868–1912 19th 20th century Japan Kachôga bird- -flower subject Height 3.5 cm width 28.3 cm depth 28.3 cm square black tray rounded corners raised edges features painted decorative design showing group long slender golden-yellow leaves dark green blades extending across black surface pair golden-yellow frogs perched leaves cluster pale silvery-white flowers soft yellow centers tray's exterior dark brown black background gray.