Netsuke, toggle of ivory

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This ivory netsuke is of a man planing wood inside the section of a barrel. A netsuke is used to fasten an inro, a small lacquered container, which hung from the sash of a man's kimono. They became miniature art forms in their own right.

This view of the base of a netsuke of a man sitting within the section of a barrel he is planing shows the care taken in carving even the underside of a netsuke. The piece is signed but the signature has not yet been identified.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-270-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  A.1914.1389
• Date: 19th century
  
• Material: Ivory
  Netsuke
  
• Dimensions: 1.38" H
  
• What: Netsuke
  
• Subject: Netsuke / ivory
  
• Who: Hotei
  
• Where: Japan
  
• Event:
• Description: Netsuke of carved ivory, Hotei? sitting holding a finger to his right eye at which a child gazes, behind him is a small green mask held by string, signed: Japan, 19th century
  
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