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Collections

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Ashinaga and Tenaga18th century

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke of a muscular standing figure with bulging eyes and open mouth, carrying a smaller figure on his back, with feather-carved skirt and octopus tentacles at his feet
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Ashinaga and Tenaga
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
3 3/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/16 in. (8.2 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.113
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: M." International Netsuke Society Journal 30, no.2 (2010): 34-41.