Netsuke
1800-1850 (made)
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Netsuke of a monkey and tortoise of katabori ('shape carving') form, the monkey hunched on the ground and looking intently at a tortoise held between its feet, with its left forepaw placed on the tortoise's shell while restraining it, and with a finger from the other paw pointing towards its head, in carved and stained ivory with inlaid eyes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved and stained ivory with inlaid eyes |
| Brief description | Netsuke of a monkey and tortoise in carved and stained ivory, signed Okatomo, Japan, 1800-1850 |
| Physical description | Netsuke of a monkey and tortoise of katabori ('shape carving') form, the monkey hunched on the ground and looking intently at a tortoise held between its feet, with its left forepaw placed on the tortoise's shell while restraining it, and with a finger from the other paw pointing towards its head, in carved and stained ivory with inlaid eyes. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed 'Okatomo' Note The signature is incised on a plaque on the underside |
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| Credit line | J.B. Whitmore Bequest |
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| Accession number | A.14-1958 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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