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netsuke

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    katabori netsuke

  • Description

    netsuke; katabori netsuke, sculptural netsuke of 3-dimensional figure; carved wood; netsuke depicts dog with a frilled collar, and a large ball in its mouth; the dog is seated and its right paw is resting on the ball; details of the dogs fur and rib cage have been incised and inked; a silk cord would have passe through the gaps in the netsuke's legs

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1934.316
  • Accession Date
    1934
  • Other Id

    20785 (ethnology)

    20785.6 (ethnology)

    M187 (miscellaneous)

  • Department
  • Display Room
20785.6; M187; 1934.316; netsuke; side

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