Cicada
Netsuke: katabori: cicada. Wood, carved and decorated with brown and red lacquer. A cicada, its wings folded on its back and resting on a leaf supported by a twig. Its legs are carved in relief with incised details on the wings and body. The cicada is decorated in brown lacquer with gold flakes on the wings. Two beady mother-of-pearl eyes protrude like headlights. There are traces of red lacquer on the leaf. The twig is decorated in brown. A natural himotoshi is formed by the twig.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 2.8 cm
Width: 4.5 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 and brown)
Carving : Wood, carved and decorated with brown and red lacquer
Accession number: MAR.O.44A-1912
Primary reference Number: 22119
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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