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
mid 19th century
Edo Period (1615-1868), about 1760
Edo Period (1603-1868)
early 20th century
19th century
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