Japanese kagamibuta, flowers

An image of Netsuke: kagamibuta: flowers. Unknown maker, Japan. Circular plain base with central himotoshi. Shibuichi disc cast in high relief and tooled in intricate detail with two blooming flowers set side by side; the whole disc is covered in leaves at different stages of relief. Holes punched through from the front are jagged on the underside. Ivory bowl with metal disc and eyelet held together by a brown shoelace; disc cast in high relief and tooled, height, whole, 1.9 cm, width, whole, 4.7 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Netsuke: kagamibuta: flowers. Unknown maker, Japan. Circular plain base with central himotoshi. Shibuichi disc cast in high relief and tooled in intricate detail with two blooming flowers set side by side; the whole disc is covered in leaves at different stages of relief. Holes punched through from the front are jagged on the underside. Ivory bowl with metal disc and eyelet held together by a brown shoelace; disc cast in high relief and tooled, height, whole, 1.9 cm, width, whole, 4.7 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: O.44-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 951 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 111.73kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 17:49:40

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19th Century alloy carved cast circular copper copper alloy disc disk Edo Period Fitz_AA floral flowers himotoshi inlaid inlay Japanese kagamibuta leaf leaves metalwork moulded netsuke relief round Shibuichi disc silver alloy stained tooled tooling

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