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Dancer and Musician
Netsuke: kagamibuta, dancer and musician. Ivory bowl with metal disc and eyelet. 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).
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: 1.5 cm
Width: 4.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991-04-29) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
19th Century-20th Century#
Circa
1868
-
1912
Inlay
composed of
brass (alloy)
( ? or perhaps gold?)
Metal Disc
composed of
metal
Applied Decoration
composed of
copper alloy
Bowl
composed of
ivory
Decoration
Disc
Accession number: O.39-1991
Primary reference Number: 22152
Old object number: JAPWA/741
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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