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Bird
Netsuke: katabori: Bird. Ivory. Small, squat bird with open beak, the rounded body flanked by short outspread wings and erect tail. Eyes black, inlaid in horn. Very smooth, no incised details but slight staining. Himotoshi on the underside.
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: 2.2 cm
Width: 4.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)
Circa
1800
-
1868
Inlay
composed of
horn
Decoration
Carving : Ivory, carved, eyes inlaid in horn
Accession number: O.56-1991
Primary reference Number: 22306
Old object number: JAPWA/740
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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