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Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Butterflies by Shibata Zeshin — VisualArtsDB

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Butterflies

Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Butterflies

1881

Medium: Lacquer and mother-of-pearl fragments
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (19.1 x 16.5 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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