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Basket maker: O.89-1991

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Titles

Basket maker

Maker(s)

Hokei

Entities

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Description

Netsuke: katabori: Basket maker. Wood and ivory, carved and stained. Figure of a man (a basket weaver?) wearing only a loin cloth and seated on a basket whilst holding the handle with two hands and steadying it with his right foot, with a look of intense concentration. Crudely carved with details of the basket finely carved. Himotoshi with inset circular ivory ring.

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: 4.5 cm
Width: 4.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)
19th Century
Circa 1800 - 1868

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Figure composed of wood (plant material)
Ring composed of ivory
Parts

Techniques used in production

Carving : Wood and ivory, carved and stained

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.89-1991
Primary reference Number: 22447
Old object number: JAPWA/774
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 13 May 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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