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Source Description
The dog represented the 11th year in the Chinese and Japanese 12-year cycle and was popularly regarded as a dispeller of evil. It was frequently portrayed as a puppy. Ohara Mitsuhiro, one of the most versatile and highly regarded netsuke artists of the mid-19th century, was born in Onamichi, near Hiroshima, and became an adherent of Zen Buddhism. In this example of his work, the smooth, rounded, subtly stained surface appeals to the viewer's tactile sense.
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Document identity
localId
18025
label
Netsuke in the Form of a Puppy
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object
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Source metadata
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18025
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object
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normalized
title
Netsuke in the Form of a Puppy
description
The dog represented the 11th year in the Chinese and Japanese 12-year cycle and was popularly regarded as a dispeller of evil. It was frequently portrayed as a puppy. Ohara Mitsuhiro, one of the most versatile and highly regarded netsuke artists of the mid-19th century, was born in Onamichi, near Hiroshima, and became an adherent of Zen Buddhism. In this example of his work, the smooth, rounded, subtly stained surface appeals to the viewer's tactile sense.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
netsuke
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.4
height
2.9
depth
2.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 5/16 × W: 1 1/8 × D: 15/16 in. (3.4 × 2.9 × 2.4 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Mitsuhiro
med
sperm whale tooth
creator_ids
5394
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
2062
275
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1
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0
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photo
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