Palette knife with silver metal knife and red and white plastic handle. The metal knife measures 7" x 1.25" and there is a black ink inscription "3" on handle. There is red paint residue on blade and black, blue, red, and white paint residue on handle.
3.2 × 31.8 cm (1 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)
One of a pair of chūban (medium-sized) sheets of minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique
19th-20th centuryJapaneseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryPersianHuanghuali wood
18th-19th centuryChineseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChinese