1973
35 x 35 cm (13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Helen Citron Boodman, Lexington, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, March 9, 1999.

Carved wood
JapaneseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseWooden-handled metal cutting tool with metal-wrapped tip
JapaneseChūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques
19th-20th centuryJapaneseWatercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
20th centuryPersianYaozhou ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised details. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCopper alloy
Chinese