Netsuke toggle of Ishidoro, carved from wood, with a sparrow fluttering round it. The sparrow and one of the lights are of ivory [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Netsuke toggle of Ishidoro, carved from wood, with a sparrow fluttering round it. The sparrow and one of the lights are of ivory [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/4/2005]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Maker Shunzan; Field collector Edward Gilbertson; PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther; PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1917
Date collected: By 1917
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Mother of Pearl Shell, Process Perforated, Process Carved, Process Inscribed, Process Inlaid
Dimensions: Diameter: max 34 mm, Height: max 35 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1980.34.44

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