Tiered Box (Jūbako) with Design of Boats and Plovers, Shibata Zeshin, second half of the 19th century

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Tiered Box (Jūbako) with Design of Boats and Plovers, Meiji period (1868–1912), second half of the 19th century, Japan, Gold maki-e on black and brown lacquer, with mother-of-pearl inlay and pewter, L. 9 5/8 in. ( cm); W. 9 3/8 in. ( cm); H. 16 1/2 in. ( cm), Lacquer, Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891), In the nineteenth century Shibata Zeshin, who exhibited at several world's fairs, was one of the few Japanese artists known in the West. He is noted both for his use of lacquer as a painting medium and for his innovative melding of techniques and unusual materials in lacquers

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