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Two oni eating and drinking
Netsuke: katabori: Two oni eating and drinking. Ivory, carved and stained. Two oni crouching as they eat and drink. One with a bottle and drinking sake out of a cup resting his left hand on the other oni's knee. The other eating food from a box with his right hand on the oni's shoulder. Both figures with two horns, bald heads, wavy hair, grimacing faces with finely incised features and black ink details. Natural himotoshi formed by arms and legs.
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: 3.8 cm
Width: 4.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1868
Detailing
composed of
black ink
Decoration
Carving : Ivory, carved, incised and stained, with black ink detailing
Accession number: O.60-1991
Primary reference Number: 22319
Old object number: JAPWA/720
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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