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Netsuke in the form of a hare and biwa (loquats)


印籠、根付、緒締 印籠銘:梶川文龍斎 (花押) 根付銘:岡佳 緒締銘:(花押)
Okatori (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
Late 18th–early 19th century
Object Place: Kyoto, Japan

Medium/Technique Carved and stained ivory; eyes inlaid in dark horn
Dimensions Overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number27.180b
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CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsInro

Signed Okatori
岡隹
ProvenancePart of the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection which was deposited at the Museum in 1890 and formally given following his death.