菊桐紋蒔絵提子|Sake Ewer (Hisage) with Chrysanthemums and Paulownia Crests in Alternating Fields

Unknown artist

Date: early 17th century

Medium: Lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”) on black ground

Dimensions: H. (incl. handle) 10 in. (25.4 cm); Diam. 7 in. (17.8 cm); W. (including spout) 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)

Classification: Lacquer

Culture: Japan

Period: Momoyama period (1573–1615)

Themes: Flowers

Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, by exchange, 1980

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