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Basket maker
Netsuke: katabori: Basket maker. Wood and ivory, carved and stained. Figure of a man (a basket weaver?) wearing only a loin cloth and seated on a basket whilst holding the handle with two hands and steadying it with his right foot, with a look of intense concentration. Crudely carved with details of the basket finely carved. Himotoshi with inset circular ivory ring.
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: 4.5 cm
Width: 4.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1868
Figure
composed of
wood (plant material)
Ring
composed of
ivory
Parts
Carving : Wood and ivory, carved and stained
Accession number: O.89-1991
Primary reference Number: 22447
Old object number: JAPWA/774
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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