Lacquer Hairpin with Flowers
The Lacquer Hairpin with Flowers by an unknown artist is a long, thin, black hairpin with gold and blue floral designs. The hairpin has a rounded end on the left and a similar but not identical rounded end on the right. The black base of the hairpin is covered in a textured gold pattern. Two oblong sections, one on either end of the hairpin, have a smooth black background with gold curved lines and blue and white flowers. The hairpin is centered on a solid gray background. The image shows the hairpin lying horizontally.
Artwork Details
- Date
- second half of the 19th century
- Medium
- Lacquered wood with gold, silver hiramaki-e, gold, silver foil application and mother-of-pearl inlay on black ground
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 450 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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