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Netsuke: hako with Chinese servant

Netsuke: hako with Chinese servant

Place of OriginJapan
Date19th century
Dimensions13/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (2.1 x 3.2 x 3.8 cm)
Mediumlacquer
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee
Object number
1948.137A
Not on View
DescriptionA hako (box and cover) netsuke; a Chinese servant (Karako) carrying scrolls and a wine bottle. (exterior) glossy black ground inlaid with iridescent shell, gold foil, sliver foil, gold dust and brown lacquer; (interior) nashiji.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 44, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
Image Not Available for Inro: Seven Chinese Sages in a Bamboo Grove
Inro: Seven Chinese Sages in a Bamboo Grove
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Image Not Available for Inro: (front) Fukuoluju, God of Longevity, on a Crane Flying over a Cloud and Holding a Sacred Jewel in His Right Hand; (back) Chinese Boy under a Pine Tree with Fukurokuju’s Staff and Fan on the Ground
Inro: (front) Fukuoluju, God of Longevity, on a Crane Flying over a Cloud and Holding a Sacred Jewel in His Right Hand; (back) Chinese Boy under a Pine Tree with Fukurokuju’s Staff and Fan on the Ground
Somada Hisamitsu
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Inro: Mistress of Tokugawa Shogun, Iyetsuna, in Classical Dress in a Boat beneath a Weeping Willow Tree with Poem above by Hanabusa Icho
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Image Not Available for Inro: (front) Chinese Boy Asleep over a Scroll on Table in front of Screen; (back) Artist Painting the Back of Screen with Acolyte Holding the Inkstone
Inro: (front) Chinese Boy Asleep over a Scroll on Table in front of Screen; (back) Artist Painting the Back of Screen with Acolyte Holding the Inkstone
Kajikawa 梶川
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Inro: two geese and reeds
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Netsuke: Hako decorated with Tachibina dolls
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Koma Kyoryu
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Inro: Chinese lions on a stand
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