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Rat catcher
Netsuke: katabori: Rat catcher. Ivory, finely carved and stained. Figure of an angry rat catcher half-nude crouching over a grain-measure holding a large club in his right hand and looking at the rat escaping over his left shoulder. The rat with finely incised details and black eyes, the man with a shaven head and his hair scraped into a bun; his tongue and eyes are tinted red. Himotoshi through the back of the grain-measure.
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: 2.6 cm
Width: 3.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)
19th Century
Circa
1800
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1868
Decoration composed of red pigment
Carving
: Ivory, finely carved, incised and stained
Staining
Accession number: O.67-1991
Primary reference Number: 22353
Old object number: JAPWA/718
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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