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Anonymous
Tea Napkin Holder with Peony Designearly Edo period, 17th century

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Cylindrical lacquerware vessel with deep red fish-scale ground and dark olive-green botanical relief carvings of branches and leaves, bordered by carved decorative bands at top and base

Anonymous, Tea Napkin Holder with Peony Design, early Edo period, 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of David P. Bushnell, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Tea Napkin Holder with Peony Design
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early Edo period, 17th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Carved red and black lacquer
Dimensions
Height: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) Width: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of David P. Bushnell
Accession Number
M.78.68.2
Classification
Lacquer
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Lee, Yu-kuan. Oriental Lacquer Art. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1972.