Netsuke: Persimmon with Concealed Figure of Benten
Netsuke: Persimmon with Concealed Figure of Benten
Artist
Kagetoshi 景利
(Japanese, died 1843)
Place of OriginJapan
Date19th century
Dimensionsclosed: 1 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (3.2 x 5.7 cm)
Mediumsandalwood and ivory
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee
Object number
1950.130
Not on View
DescriptionDark, reddish wood in two-lobed (Kemari = football-shaped) fruit form; opens up to disclose minute ivory carving of goddess Benten (?) seated beneath a pine. Trick netsuke.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 15, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
mid 19th century
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