Manju netsuke - Kintaro wrestling with a snake
Meijitsu Horyusai (active mid-19th century), maker - Kintoki Sakata no (died 1021), subject - Manju netsuke depicting Kintaro wrestling with a snake - place of creation: Tokyo - late 19th century - Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001
Picture No
13541635
Media ID
44503664
Size
3744px x 5616px
(3.3MB)
Credit
© Ashmolean Museum / Mary Evans
Source
ivory, probably lathe-turned, with carved decoration, inlaid with coral, malachite, and mother-of-pearl, and stained with red and black pigment
Date
late 19th century
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1021 Ashmolean Barnett Bequeathed Coral Inlaid Kintaro Kintoki Lathe-turned Malachite Manju Mid-19th Mother-of-pearl Netsuke Pigment Sakata Wrestling
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