Large palette knife with red and white plastic handle. Covered with white and grey plaster-like residue
5.7 × 28.6 cm (2 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)
Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChinese
Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques; with ink
19th-20th centuryJapaneseOpaque and semi-opaque watercolor on prepared pasteboard under non-original varnish
19th centuryShemshad wood
19th centuryPersianChūban (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

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
18th-19th century