Vase with Design of Butterflies and Chrysanthemums

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Vase with Design of Butterflies and Chrysanthemums

Alternate Title: 菊蝶図花入れ
circa 1900-1910
Furnishings; Accessories
Cloisonné enamel with silver mounts, and gold and silver wires
5 × 6 × 6 in. (12.7 × 15.24 × 15.24 cm)
Gift from ​​the Japanese Cloisonné Enamels Collection of Donald K. Gerber and Sueann E. Sherry (M.2016.250.4)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Goodall, Hollis, and Robert T. Singer. "Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2015-2016: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Archives of Asian Art 67, no.2 (2018): 290-292.
  • Gifts on the Occasion of LACMA's 50th Anniversary. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2015.
  • Goodall, Hollis, and Robert T. Singer. "Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2015-2016: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Archives of Asian Art 67, no.2 (2018): 290-292.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.
  • Singer, Robert T. Polished to Perfection: Japanese Cloisonné from the Collection of Donald K. Gerber and Sueann E. Sherry. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2017.
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