Tray with rice stalks and a grasshopper on a tea kettle

Rectangular tray with a short lip around the edge. The tray is black with a design on the inside. The design features a grasshopper with a yellow body and orange wings sitting on a group of orange and yellow rice stalks. The rice stalks are on top of a dark orange oval shape on a black background. The tray is positioned at an angle, with the top-right corner pointing towards the viewer. The background of the image is white with a gradient that darkens at the top.

Artwork details

Date:: 1880s
Medium:: Lacquered wood; gold, silver, red, yellow, black hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on “bronze imitation” (seido-nuri) ground
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 599 × 449 px
Museum record:: View original