Japanese kagamibuta, dancer and musician, by Katsuhiro

An image of Netsuke: kagamibuta. Dancer and Musician. Katsuhiro (Japanese, 1853-1917). Circular bowl of stained ivory carved on the underside with a stylised dragon amongst scrolling foliage. The rim is carved with ruyi heads and the inner rim has traces of green staining from copper alloy. Shibuichi disc moulded with a Manzai dancer and his musician; the dancer is holding a fan which covers half his face. They both wear hats applied in shakudo inlaid with yellow metal (gold/brass?). Kimonos are inlaid with a yellow metal dot motif. The Musician's face and hand, and the edge of the dancer's sleeve are of copper alloy (brown). Circular, stained ivory bowl, carved on the underside, with cast, metal disc with moulded decoration, and eyelet. Height, whole, 1.5 cm, width, whole, 4.2 cm, circa 1868-1912. Meiji Period.

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Netsuke: kagamibuta. Dancer and Musician. Katsuhiro (Japanese, 1853-1917). Circular bowl of stained ivory carved on the underside with a stylised dragon amongst scrolling foliage. The rim is carved with ruyi heads and the inner rim has traces of green staining from copper alloy. Shibuichi disc moulded with a Manzai dancer and his musician; the dancer is holding a fan which covers half his face. They both wear hats applied in shakudo inlaid with yellow metal (gold/brass?). Kimonos are inlaid with a yellow metal dot motif. The Musician's face and hand, and the edge of the dancer's sleeve are of copper alloy (brown). Circular, stained ivory bowl, carved on the underside, with cast, metal disc with moulded decoration, and eyelet. Height, whole, 1.5 cm, width, whole, 4.2 cm, circa 1868-1912. Meiji Period.

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Accession Number: O.39-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 973 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 106.46kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 17:14:42

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19th Century 20th Century alloy brass carved cast circular copper copper alloy costume dancers dancing disc disk fans Fitz_AA hats inlaid inlay ivory Japanese kagamibuta Katsuhiro manzai dancers Meiji Period metalwork moulded music musician netsuke relief round shakudo Shibuichi disc stained

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