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Three bats
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.
History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Height: 1.9 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1868
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
Accession number: O.42-1991
Primary reference Number: 22230
Old object number: JAPWA/738
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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