12th-13th century
H. 5.2 x Diam. 7.5 cm (2 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Anonymous Donor, New York, NY, gift to the Sackler Museum.





Ink and color on carved wood
19th centuryChinese

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th-20th centuryChūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement
19th-20th centuryJapanese