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Three bats: O.42-1991

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Three bats

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Description

Netsuke: kagamibuta: three bats. Stag's horn (antler) bowl with metal disc and eyelet. 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.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Height: 1.9 cm
Width: 4.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)
19th Century
Circa 1800 - 1868

Components of the work

Decoration composed of shakudo ( an alloy of silver, made to look almost black) sentoku ( brass)
Bowl composed of horn ( stag's horn)
Bowl, Inner Rim
Disc
Himotoshi

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Identification numbers

Accession number: O.42-1991
Primary reference Number: 22230
Old object number: JAPWA/738
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 13 May 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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