The image depicts a still life of eggplants in a basket. A large black eggplant with a white patch on its side sits on top of a smaller eggplant in a brown woven basket. The basket has a blue crisscross pattern around its rim. A small detached piece of an eggplant sits to the right. The background is beige with Japanese writing in black ink scattered throughout.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 587 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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