Caption

Panel, Japanese art, Japanese culture, snails, leaves, peonies, plant motifs, banana trees, Meiji 1868–1912, Edo 1603–1868, inscription in Japanese on the reverse, 19th century, Japan, facing plate, height 28.5 cm, width 19.0 cm, A rectangular wooden panel with a dark brown background framed by an ornate border patterned with small pale beige pebble-like shapes and floral motifs in red, green, and gold, featuring a central decorative composition of stylized plant forms including large textured leaves rendered in pale beige and gold, several smaller leaves in shades of green and reddish-brown, curling vines in brown, clusters of small round berry-like shapes in pinkish-red, and a central multi-petaled flower in gold and reddish tones, with a small snail-like spiral motif on one leaf.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_039

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46.3Mb (3.1Mb) / 16.5in x 10.9in / 4944 x 3274 (300dpi)

Keywords

Panel Japanese art Japanese culture snails leaves peonies plant motifs banana trees Meiji 1868–1912 Edo 1603–1868 inscription Japanese reverse 19th century Japan facing plate height 28.5 cm width 19.0 cm rectangular wooden panel dark brown background framed ornate border patterned small pale beige pebble- shapes floral motifs red green gold featuring central decorative composition stylized plant forms large textured rendered pale beige several smaller leaves shades reddish-brown curling vines brown clusters small round berry- pinkish-red central multi-petaled flower reddish tones small snail- spiral motif leaf.