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Netsuke, toggle of ivory, Fyfe Collection
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Netsuke made of ivory carved into a ball of rats. 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 netsuke is ivory carved into a ball of seven rats with the himetoshi, holes for passing the cord through formed as part of their twined bodies. The netsuke is signed on the base tomonobu, a carver who worked at the end of the nineteenth century.
Rats are one of the twelve zodiac animals.
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- Online ID: 000-100-103-434-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland
Project description View all records in project - Ref: National Museums Scotland A.1946.260
- Date: Late 19th century
- Material: Ivory. Inscription: Tomo-nobu
Netsuke - Dimensions: 2.25" x 1.50"
- What: Netsuke
- Subject: Netsuke / ivory
- Who: Tomo-nobu (Maker)
- Where: Japan
- Event:
- Description: Netsuke of carved ivory, a group of seven intertwined rats, signed: Japan, by Tomo-nobu
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