3-82 (original number), 4-200 (original number), and 5-173 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2384
Object count:
1
Description:
Netsuke: man with long beard seated at table. Scroll and vase containing coral branch on table.
Donor:
Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Geraldine C. Robson
Collection date:
before 1940
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Toggle to be attached to the end of a cord and thrust through the sash of a kimono for the support of a purse, pouch or lacquer box.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 3.7 centimeters
Comment:
Netsuke in ivory, of man with a long beard, seated at table, on which is a document, also a vase containing a branch of coral (a symbol of wealth, often royalty). The emperor, grandson of Ts'ao Ts'ao. He was distinguished by his long beard, and having conferred the mandarinate on a woman.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #4: University of California, Berkeley (July 2, 1968–May 3, 1973)