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Green Plums Wrapped in Bamboo Leaf; A Teabowl

Totoya Hokkei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A horizontal rectangular piece of artwork on beige background. Left side: a circle outlined with a thin dark line, tied at the top with a bow; inside the circle are vertical lines of black Japanese characters. Center: a cylindrical teabowl with a line drawing of a wave design and black Japanese characters. Right side: a bundle of four green plums wrapped in a brown and beige leaf; the leaf wraps around the plums on the right and is tied with two thin lines; a cluster of four long, thin stems extends from the leaf; one stem leads to a square object; a label on the right with Japanese characters in black and red; a small red square seal in the upper right corner; a small red square seal on the label. The image contains a total of 5 Japanese seals.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 192 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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