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Masatami
Rat on Tobacco Pouchmid-late 19th century

Not on view
Carved ivory and dark material netsuke depicting a mouse crouching over a textured seed pod, with finely detailed fur, cream-colored ears, and blue inlaid eyes
Artist or Maker
Masatami
Japan, circa 1850-1890
Title
Rat on Tobacco Pouch
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-late 19th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions
5/8 x 2 x 1 1/8 in. (1.6 x 5.1 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Albert G. Wassenich
Accession Number
34.13.296
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art