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Netsuke in the form of Sennin, a Daoist immortalside

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  • Netsuke in the form of Sennin, a Daoist immortal (side)
  • Netsuke in the form of Sennin, a Daoist immortal (side)
  • Netsuke in the form of Sennin, a Daoist immortal (side)
  • Netsuke in the form of Sennin, a Daoist immortal (side)
  • Netsuke in the form of Sennin, a Daoist immortal (side)
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Netsuke in the form of Sennin, a Daoist immortal

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    mid-18th century
    Material and technique
    ivory, with carved decoration, and stained with pigment
    Dimensions
    11.1 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm max. (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory
    Technique index
    carved,
    formed › carved,
    coloured › stained
    Object type index
    sculpture › figure › figurine,
    clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › netsuke
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by C. W. Christie Miller, 1959.
    Accession no.
    EA1959.81

  • Further reading

    Impey, Oliver, Japanese Netsuke in Oxford: From the Ashmolean Museum, Pitt Rivers Museum, and the Museum of the History of Science (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), no. 7 on p. 14, illus. p. 14

Glossary

netsuke

  • netsuke

    The netsuke is a form of toggle that was used to secure personal items suspended on cords from the kimono sash. These items included purses, medicine cases or tobacco paraphernalia.

Location

    • Second floor | Room 37 | Japan

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