Incense box in the shape of the kaki, the Japanese persimmon fruit - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

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Incense box in the shape of the kaki, the Japanese persimmon fruit

Zeshin, Shibata

Tokyo, 15/03/1807-Tokyo, 13/07/1891

Urushi lacquer, kinji, makie, kirigane, nashiji-e and iro-urushi on wood

5.3 cm (high) x 6.8 cm (maximum diameter)

Second half of the 19th century

82/978

Donated by María de Arechavaleta, from the collection of José Palacio, in 1953

Selected bibliography

  • Arte japonés y japonismo [Cat. exp.]. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Ederren Museoa-Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2014. pp. 375-376, 528-530, 532, 554, nº cat. 111.