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Rat on Coiled Ropemid-19th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke of a rat crouching atop a coiled rope, with finely incised fur texture and twisted rope strands rendered in warm cream and brown tones

Unknown, Rat on Coiled Rope, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Albert G. Wassenich, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Rat on Coiled Rope
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ivory with sumi, inlays
Dimensions
13/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (2.0 x 7.0 x 3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Albert G. Wassenich
Accession Number
34.13.307
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art