Bowl of a Helmet (Suji Kabuto)

Japanese

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 377

This helmet bowl is one of the earliest examples of the melon (akodanari) shape, the typical form worn in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and it retains its original lacquered surfaces.

Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese

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Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese
Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese
Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese
Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese
Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese
Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese
Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese
Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese
Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese
Bowl of a Helmet (<i>Suji Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, Japanese

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