Caption

Tray made of red and dark green lacquer; decoration: three hôô phoenix birds among chrysanthemum flowers and leaves, made using the maki-e dusting technique on black lacquer with small accents in white and yellow. Japanese, Meiji period 1868–1912, 19th/20th century. Tray, height 3.0 cm, width 45.5 cm, depth 36.7 cm., A rectangular panel with a red frame encloses a dark background filled with large dark green leaves, several red flowers, and several pale yellow and cream flowers; three stylized birds with long striped tails in shades of gold, brown, and gray appear among the foliage, and small touches of orange and muted green accent leaves and petals throughout.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A22_446

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86.0Mb (3.3Mb) / 16.7in x 20.0in / 5011 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tray red dark green lacquer decoration three hôô phoenix birds chrysanthemum flowers leaves using maki-e dusting technique black lacquer small accents white yellow Japanese Meiji period 1868–1912 19th 20th century height 3.0 cm width 45.5 cm depth 36.7 cm rectangular panel red frame encloses dark background filled large dark green leaves several flowers several pale yellow cream flowers three stylized birds long striped tails shades gold brown gray foliage small touches orange muted green accent leaves petals .