Netsuke in the form of a Buddhist ascetic on a seal base

Details

• Title

  Netsuke in the form of a Buddhist ascetic on a seal base

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1750

• Material and technique

  ivory with carved and stained decoration

• Material index

  organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory

• Technique index

  carved;

  coloured › stained

• Object type

  clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › netsuke;

  communications equipment › seal

• Dimensions

  3.7 cm (height)
  base 2.4 x 2.4 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by E. H. North, 1970.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1970.8

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