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Saddle (Kura) with Stylized Flowers
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- Medium
- Saddle: Gold maki-e with black lacquer decoration: Pommel: lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on black ground; seat: nashiji (“pear-skin” ground)
- Dimensions
- H. 13 in. (33 cm); L. 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm)
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Classification
- Lacquer
- Dated
- Saddle: Muromachi period (1392–1573), dated 1491 (Entoku 3); lacquer decoration: Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century
- Pixels
- 4000 × 3000
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- Record
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Saddle (Kura) with Stylized Flowers. Saddle: Muromachi period (1392–1573), dated 1491 (Entoku 3); lacquer decoration: Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.