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Album of Sketches for Lacquer Decoration (Makie) 蒔絵

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a page with two sketches. The page is off-white and rectangular. The top sketch is a landscape drawing with a yellow background at the top left corner, featuring a tree, a lion-like creature, and an archway. The bottom sketch depicts a winding river with trees and hills in the background. Both sketches are rendered in black ink and have a grid pattern superimposed over them. The top sketch has a rough, torn edge on the right side, while the bottom sketch is more complete. The background of the image is white, with a black border around the page.

Artwork details

Date:
1840
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
415 × 625 px
Museum record:
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