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Source Description
A carved wild boar tusk netsuke with a spider applied in relief. A fern and a long inscription are incised and ink stained in the lines.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
5141
label
Netsuke of a Tusk with Spider and Poem
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
5141
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Netsuke of a Tusk with Spider and Poem
description
A carved wild boar tusk netsuke with a spider applied in relief. A fern and a long inscription are incised and ink stained in the lines.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 18th-mid 19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
netsuke
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.2
height
4.7
depth
1.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 × W: 1 7/8 × D: 9/16 in. (10.2 × 4.7 × 1.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Iwami School
inscriptions
[Transliteration] Michinoku no / Shinobu moji-zuri / Tare yue ni / Midare-some nishi / Ware naranaku ni; [Translation] Ah! why does love distract my thoughts
Disordering my will! I'm like the pattern on the cloth of Michinoku hill
-- All in confusion still.
med
boar tusk ivory
creator_ids
4159
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JPK
exhibition_ids
275
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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d388e14166a742c2
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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714a4ce43b9556bc
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no
hasDescription
no