|
Date: |
|
Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1868; Classification(s): netsuke, netsuke, carving, wood, carved and decorated with brown and red lacquer; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.O.44A-1912]
Description: Netsuke: katabori: cicada. Wood, carved and decorated with brown and red lacquer. A cicada, itswings folded on its back and resting on a leaf supported by a twig. Its legs are carved in relief with incised details on the wings and body. The cicada is decorated in brown lacquer with gold flakes on the wings. Two beady mother-of-pearl eyes protrude like headlights. There are traces of red lacquer on the leaf. The twig is decorated in brown. A natural himotoshi is formed by the twig. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | netsuke Unknown | Temporal: | name=Edo (Japanese period, 1615-1868); start=1800; end=1868 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
Shishi
Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1800…
-
-
-
Mouse
Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1800…
-
-
-
-
-
|