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Source Description
A gold rat sits atop a large daikon radish. The pairing of a rat and a daikon is a veiled sexual reference.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
16011
label
Menuki with Daikon Radish and Rat
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
16011
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Menuki with Daikon Radish and Rat
description
A gold rat sits atop a large daikon radish. The pairing of a rat and a daikon is a veiled sexual reference.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (?)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
menuki
sword components
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm) (w.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
med
copper with gold and silver
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
6ebe0086971db662