IDENTIFIERS
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id:	22428
accession number:	O.84-1991

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Netsuke: katabori: Grimacing boy. Ivory, carved and stained. Figure of a boy sitting cross-legged on the mask of a lion's head, the finger on his left hand pointing below his right eye in a mocking gesture (bek-ka-ko), his tongue poking out and his right hand behind his back holding a rattle.  His robes are finely incised with flower heads and a check motif.  His hair, pigtail and eyes are stained in black. Himotoshi on the underside.
title:	netsuke

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


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	H.S. Reitlinger
creditline: Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/22428

PEOPLE
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boy

SUBJECTS
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grimacing
grimacing



TECHNIQUES
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ivory, carved and stained
carving

CATEGORIES
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category: netsuke
category: katabori

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1868
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)

CREATORS
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maker: Ryomin

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.6

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 3.4



CITATIONS
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Ko-ji Hô-ten: Dictionnaire a` l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art japonais et chinois ... 75 planches dont 5 en couleurs.
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