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 "kiribori" (drill-carving), "dōgubori" (punch-carving), and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques
20th centuryJapaneseLacquered papier maché, watercolor and gold
20th centuryPersianLacquered paper over coiled banana-fiber cord, wrapped in a banana leaf
19th-20th centuryJapaneseKoban (small-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) technique
19th-20th centuryJapaneseKoban (small-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) technique
19th-20th centuryJapanese
Etched copper plate
17th centuryDutch