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Netsuke in the form of a rain dragon coiled around a mokugyō, a Buddhist percussion instrument
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Details
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- Date
- c. 1880
- Material and technique
- stag horn, with carved decoration, and stained with pigment
- Dimensions
- 3.1 x 4.3 x 4 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1732
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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. 48 on p. 37, illus. p. 37
Glossary
netsuke
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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
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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