Title: Lacquer Hairpin with Flowers
Object type: Hairpin
Date: second half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver hiramaki-e, gold, silver foil application and mother-of-pearl inlay on black ground
Dimensions: L. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Hope Skillman Schary, 1981
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY