c. 1850-1925
30.8 x 24.13 cm (12 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)


Opaque watercolor and lacquer over papier-maché
18th-19th centuryPersianChūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques
19th-20th centuryJapanese




Black steatite or schist
1st century BCE-1st century CEEgyptian