Manju netsuke - a Sanbaso dancer and mask box bearer
Kikugawa workshop (active 19th century), maker - probably Ryugoku Kikugawa (active circa 1820 - circa 1860), maker - Manju netsuke depicting a Sanbaso dancer and mask box bearer, with an uprooted pine sapling on the reverse - place of creation: Japan; place of creation: Tokyo - probably 1820 - 1860 - Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001
Picture No
13541562
Media ID
44504201
Size
3744px x 5616px
(1.5MB)
Credit
© Ashmolean Museum / Mary Evans
Source
ivory, probably lathe-turned, with shishiaibori (sunken relief carving), kebori (fine line) engraving, and inlaid with red and black lacquer, and with green lacquer or possibly malachite
Date
probably 1820 - 1860
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Ashmolean Barnett Bearer Bequeathed Inlaid Kebori Kikugawa Lacquer Lathe-turned Malachite Manju Netsuke Sapling Shishiaibori Sunken Uprooted
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