Manjū netsuke depicting a Sanbasō dancer and mask box bearer, with an uprooted pine sapling on the reverse

Details

• Title

  Manjū netsuke depicting a Sanbasō dancer and mask box bearer, with an uprooted pine sapling on the reverse

• Artist/maker

  probably Kikugawa Ryūgoku (active c. 1820 - c. 1860)

  Kikugawa workshop (active 19th century)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  probably 1820 - 1860

• Material and technique

  ivory, probably lathe-turned, with shishiaibori (sunken relief carving), kebori (fine line) engraving, and inlaid with red and black lacquer, and with green lacquer or possibly malachite

• Material index

  organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  inorganic › mineral › copper carbonate › malachite

• Technique index

  turned;

  carved;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving;

  covered › inlaid;

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered

• Object type

  clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › netsuke

• Dimensions

  2.1 cm (height)
  5.15 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by Dr Monica Barnett, 2001.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2001.41

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