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Gold-Fish in a Glass Bottle

Totoya Hokkei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A goldfish with a brown and yellow body, blue eye, and open mouth is swimming in a glass bottle with a gray and white cap. The bottle has a rounded body and is filled with water. A green stem with three white flowers and leaves protrudes from the bottom-left corner of the bottle. The background of the image is a light beige color with a large green circle behind the goldfish. There are Japanese characters written vertically on the left and right sides of the image.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
547 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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