DETAILS
- Artist
- Shibata Zeshin
- Date
- 1800
- Medium
- Pipe: iron, gold, and silver on wood; case: gold, silver hiramaki‑e on black lacquer; pouch: dyed cotton (sarasa) with metal fitting; netsuke: carved staghorn
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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