Food container, in the shape of a watermelon (kanshitsu suika shokuro)
Food container, in the shape of a watermelon (kanshitsu suika shokuro)
c 1915
wood, lacquer, gold
- Place made
- Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
- Medium
- wood, lacquer, gold
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 23.0 cm (diam.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Kelly Day through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2023.
- Accession number
- 20233A11(a-c)
- Signature and date
- Storage box lid, recto, u. l., black ink, "乾漆西瓜食籠", translated as "dry lacquer food container in the shape of a watermelon"; storage box lid, verso, signed, "象福", "made by Zofuku"; artists seal, red ink, "象福", translated as "Zofuku".
- Collection area
- Asian art - Japan