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 centuryChineseChūban (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 centuryJapaneseSteel overlaid with gold on top and sides, silver on base
19th centuryChūban (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 centuryJapaneseLight gray-green, partly discolored nephrite
Chinese