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Tea Caddy with Design of Turtle by Shibata Zeshin — VisualArtsDB

Tea Caddy with Design of Turtle

Tea Caddy with Design of Turtle

1800–1899

Medium: Colored lacquer and gold maki-e on wood
Dimensions: H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Diam. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Genre: lacquer
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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