Title: Tray with rice stalks and a grasshopper on a tea kettle
Object type: Tray
Date: 1880s
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Lacquered wood; gold, silver, red, yellow, black hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on “bronze imitation” (seido-nuri) ground
Dimensions: L. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Purchase, Henrie Jo Barth Bequest, William R. Appleby Fund, and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Spielman, by exchange, 2019
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY