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Box with Design of Benkei and a Bell by Shibata Zeshin — VisualArtsDB

Box with Design of Benkei and a Bell

Box with Design of Benkei and a Bell

1862

Medium: Mokume-nuri, gold, silver, red, black lacquer, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e
Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 6 in. (15.2 cm); D. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Genre: lacquer
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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