Plate

China

Late 18th century

  • Titles Plate (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium porcelain
  • Dimensions Overall: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Silsbee, 1983.88
  • Work Type plate
  • Classification Containers

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Figures surrounding Prince Genji.
Hair Dressing (.2, recto); Portrait of Friends (.3, verso), Attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei, hand-colored albumen prints mounted to album page
Actor Bandō Mitsugorō III as Chūbei, Utagawa Kunisada, ink and color on paper
Heavy gold loops that have a slit in them are at the top of the earrings. The slits would have allowed the wearer to slip them on their earlobes. Gold balls decorated with small gold suspended bangles form the center, with openwork gold heart-shaped pendants at the bottom. Granulation on finials with one finial bent.