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Lacquer Comb with Flower-Shaped Roundels

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This gold-colored comb has a semi-circular shape with a row of teeth along the bottom edge. The comb is decorated with four circular medallions across the top, two on the left side are gold with darker gold designs, the one on the far right is red with gold designs, and the one next to it on the left is also red with gold designs. There are additional gold designs on the comb's sides and top. The background of the image is gray. The comb is attributed to the artist and is titled "Lacquer Comb with Flower-Shaped Roundels".

Artwork Details

Date
mid-19th century
Medium
Lacquered wood with gold, silver, red hiramaki-e on gold ground
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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