Japanese netsuke, kagamibuta with three bats

An image of Netsuke: kagamibuta. Three bats. Unknown maker, Japan. Circular bowl carved with three bats amid cloud scrolls. It has a central circular himotoshi and five random holes; the sides are carved with ruyi heads and decorative patterns. The shibuichi disc cast in relief with additional chasing and decorated with two peony heads and leaves. The upper head, leaves and a bud are in shakudo, the lower peony head in sentoku (brown) reserved on a background of misty appearance, rogin. Stag's horn (antler) bowl with metal (shakudo, sentoku) disc and eyelet. cast in relief, with additional chasing, height, whole, 1.9 cm, width, whole, 4.5 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Netsuke: kagamibuta. Three bats. Unknown maker, Japan. Circular bowl carved with three bats amid cloud scrolls. It has a central circular himotoshi and five random holes; the sides are carved with ruyi heads and decorative patterns. The shibuichi disc cast in relief with additional chasing and decorated with two peony heads and leaves. The upper head, leaves and a bud are in shakudo, the lower peony head in sentoku (brown) reserved on a background of misty appearance, rogin. Stag's horn (antler) bowl with metal (shakudo, sentoku) disc and eyelet. cast in relief, with additional chasing, height, whole, 1.9 cm, width, whole, 4.5 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: O.42-1991
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: 970 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 135.71kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 17:05:12

Key words

19th Century alloy antler carved carving cast chased circular disc disk Edo Period Fitz_AA floral flowers horn Japanese kagamibuta metalwork moulded netsuke Paeoniaceae paeony peonies peony relief round sentoku shakudo Shibuichi disc stag antler stained

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