Dancer holding a fan
Netsuke, katabori; dancer holding a fan. Wood, carved and decorated with coral red, black and gilding. Figure of a smiling dancer holding fan in his right hand. His kimono, which is lacquered in coral red and impressed with a recurring pattern of three dots, has slipped revealing his left shoulder. The fan is gilded. The himotoshi is at the back in the folds of his kimono and angular stole.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 5.2 cm
Width: 2.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1800
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1868
Decoration composed of lacquer ( red) gilt
Carving : Wood, carved and decorated with coral red, black and gilding, and an impressed pattern
Accession number: MAR.O.34A-1912
Primary reference Number: 22106
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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