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Nature's Glow 1
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SKU
WMET0139
Our Inspiration:Autumn Grasses in Moonlight
Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)
Two-panel folding screen; ink, lacquer, silver, and silver leaf
on paper; 26 1/8 x 69 in.; second half of the 19th century
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art,
Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 1975.268.137
In Japan, gazing at the moon and listening to the sounds of insects have long been tranquil ways to spend an autumn evening. Seen from a low vantage point, the full moon illuminates the unseen world in a tangle of autumn grasses, where various types of crickets are highlighted with shiny lacquer pigment. The silver background further enriches the dreamlike atmosphere. This small screen is of a type used at tea gatherings.
Our Inspiration:Autumn Grasses in Moonlight
Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)
Two-panel folding screen; ink, lacquer, silver, and silver leaf
on paper; 26 1/8 x 69 in.; second half of the 19th century
The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art,
Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 1975.268.137
In Japan, gazing at the moon and listening to the sounds of insects have long been tranquil ways to spend an autumn evening. Seen from a low vantage point, the full moon illuminates the unseen world in a tangle of autumn grasses, where various types of crickets are highlighted with shiny lacquer pigment. The silver background further enriches the dreamlike atmosphere. This small screen is of a type used at tea gatherings.
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Nature's Glow 2
Size: 22"w x 13"h