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Saddle (Kura) with Stylized Flowers

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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), Muromachi (1392–1573)–Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving 2015
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Title: Saddle (Kura) with Stylized Flowers
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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), Muromachi (1392–1573)–Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.

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