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Toolmaker: O.63-1991

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Titles

Toolmaker

Maker(s)

Mitsutami

Entities

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Description

Netsuke: katabori: Toolmaker. Boxwood, carved and stained. Seated figure of a toolmaker with a smiley, wrinkled face, sharpening the teeth of a saw which he steadies with one foot. Himotoshi on the underside of his leg alongside the mark.

Notes

History note: H.S. Reitlinger (d.1950); the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Height: 2.4 cm
Width: 3.7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)
Circa 1800 - 1868

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Wood (plant material)
Boxwood

Techniques used in production

Carving : Boxwood, carved, stained
Staining

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.63-1991
Primary reference Number: 22344
Old object number: JAPWA/733
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 October 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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