850-1100
greatest dimen.: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)
Thomas Whittemore, Cambridge, MA (by 1951), gift: to the Fogg Museum.
Koban (small-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement; with ink
19th-20th centuryJapaneseChūban (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 centuryJapaneseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, copper alloy particles, and lacquer over silver layer on pasteboard
17th centuryPersianCarved wood
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