Japanese katabori, basket maker, by Hokei

An image of Netsuke: katabori: Basket maker. Hokei, 19th century, Japan. 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. Wood and ivory, carved and stained, height, whole, 4.5 cm, width, whole, 4.9 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Netsuke: katabori: Basket maker. Hokei, 19th century, Japan. 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. Wood and ivory, carved and stained, height, whole, 4.5 cm, width, whole, 4.9 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: O.89-1991
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: 1027 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 112.23kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:03 23:25:23

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19th Century basket maker baskets basketweaving carved crouched crouching Edo Period Fitz_AA himotoshi Hokei ivory Japanese katabori loin cloth male man netsuke wood wooden

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