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Oni seated in a bath tub
Netsuke: katabori: Oni seated in a bath tub. Wood, light tan coloured, carved with inlaid, black eyes. An oni sitting in a bath tub drying his back with a towel. Facial features are wide and the mouth is pulled into a grimace. He has two horns on top of his head, a bald central patch and long hair. Himotoshi on the underside.
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: 3.5 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1950)
by
Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)
Circa
1800
-
1868
Decoration
Carving : Wood, carved with inalid decoration
Accession number: O.58-1991
Primary reference Number: 22313
Old object number: JAPWA/748
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022)
"Oni seated in a bath tub"
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Accession Number: O.27-2008
Accession Number: PD.58-1998.f.7
Accession Number: O.3-1904
Accession Number: O.44-2008
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