Netsuke: kagamibuta with grasshopper
Netsuke: kagamibuta with grasshopper
Place of OriginJapan
Date19th century
Dimensionsdiam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Mediumivory with gold foil and bronze
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee
Object number
1948.157A
Not on View
DescriptionIvory kagamibuta of pine needles, cloud and bridge motifs with set-in metal disc wrapped in heavy gold foil and inlaid with black metal insect.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 39, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
mid 19th century
mid 19th century
Edo Period (1615-1868), about 1760
Edo Period (1603-1868)
mid 19th century
early 20th century
19th century
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