Inrô, Shibata Zeshin
Lacquer ware
Japan
Subject/design:
The demon-queller Shôki 鍾馗 wearing a lotus leaf as a cap, standing on a cloud and holding his long sword.
On the back, a fleeing demon (oni).
Materials:
Takamaki-e lacquer, ishime
Date:
Late 19th century
Size:
8.3 x 5.5 x 2 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Artist:
Signed "Zeshin 是真" (Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807-1891)
Inventory number:
CB.LJ.1927.181
Copyright:
Fondation Baur
Photographer:
Marian Gérard