Fan dancer
Netsuke: katabori: Fan dancer. Boxwood, carved and stained. Figure of a barefoot dancer holding a fan; his right leg is raised and a drinking gourd is tied on a string around his neck and hanging down his back. Himotoshi at the back in the folds of his robe.
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: 5.8 cm
Width: 3.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Edo Period (1615-1868)
Circa
1800
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1868
Carving
: Boxwood, carved and stained
Staining
Accession number: O.71-1991
Primary reference Number: 22363
Old object number: JAPWA/724
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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