Title: Tray with Design of Butterfly
Object type: Tray
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Ikeda Taishin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1825–1903
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Silver, gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirikane, black lacquer
Dimensions: W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); L. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Butterflies