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‘A Cluster Of Rats’, A Japanese Netsuke (Small Sculpture) Dated Late 19th Century
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Edmund de Waal: Decoding stories of exile
Twelve years ago, I discovered The Hare with the Amber Eyes, a memoir by celebrated British ceramist Edmund de Waal, in a book store in Edinburgh. It was another year before I read it and it became my all-time favourite book. Over the years, I have gifted it to friends, family, those I met at work and oftentimes to complete strangers. I’ve given away over 300 copies to a mix of people whose…
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#anti-semitism#British ceramist#Charles Ephrussi#Edmund de Waal#interview#Japanese netsuke#Jewish diaspora#Jewish family#Letters to Camondo#migration#Odessa#paris#polarization#Ranvir Shah#The Hare with the Amber Eyes#treatment of exiles#vienna#Vienna and Tokyo#Viktor von Ephrussi
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Sparrow netsuke PNGs.
(1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.)
#png#pngs#transparent#moodboard#artboard#imageboard#sticker#stickers#polyvore#shoplook#netsuke#japanese
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Netsuke of a white rabbit (mid-19th century) by Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japanese, 1810–1875).
'In Japanese folklore, a rabbit lives in the moon where he pounds rice cakes or prepares the elixir of immortality.'
Image and text information courtesy The Met
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meditating skeleton netsuke
Meiji-period Japan
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Japanese #Netsuke for #WorldRatDay:
1. Cluster of Rats, late 19th-20th c.
Ivory w/ inlays, D 1 1/2 in. (4.0 cm)
LACMA https://collections.lacma.org/node/189655
2. Group of Rats Nestled in an Abalone Shell, late 19th c.
Ivory, horn, H 7/8 in (2.2 cm) x W 1 5/8 in (4.1 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/59658
#animals in art#animal holiday#20th century art#19th century art#rat#rats#World Rat Day#netsuke#Japanese art#East Asian Art#Asian art#ivory#LACMA#Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
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▪︎ Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skeleton leaning on a corn stalk with a rabbit nibbling at its elbow.
Culture: Japanese
Date: 18th or 19th century
#18th century#19th century#19th century art#art#history#decorative arts#history of art#18th century art#netsuke#japan#japanese art#japanese#skeleton#rabbit#elbow
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Netsuke are miniature sculptures originating in 17th-century Japan. These are just four quirky examples that caught our eye, but you can find nearly 4,000 open images on JSTOR of these beautiful objects.
PS The second image is of Tanuki, a mischievous raccoon dog in Japanese mythology commonly associated with excessive drinking and gluttony. This ivory netsuke depicts Tanuki carrying, um, his grossly enlarged scrotum.
The three images with black backgrounds come from the Wellcome Collection and the white one is from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, two open access collections on JSTOR.
#netsuke#animals in art#japanese art#carving#sculpture#miniature#tanuki#hare in the moon#skeletons#cats#racoon dog#grossly enlarged scrotum!#research#jstor
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Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (Japanese, 1813-1892) - Sleeping Cat - ivory with sumi, red pigment - latter half of 19th century
Naitō Toyomasa - Wasp on Hive - wood - Japan - Edo period, 1800-1850
Sleeping Man with Monkey Steals Contents of Basket - ivory - Japan - 19th century
Rat atop a Bale of Rice - Japan - mid-19th century
Yamaguchi Okatomo - Hen and Chicks - ivory - Japan - mid- to late 18th century
Puppies at Play - ivory - Japan - Meiji period - late 19th century
Asahi Gyokuzan - Raven Perched on a Skull - wood, ivory - Japan - mid-19th century
Daruma - wood - Japan - 19th century
Roaring Shishi - ivory - Kyoto school - Japan - early 19th century
Snarling Tiger - ivory, inlaid eyes in horn - Japan - early 19th century
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Netsuke, Crouching Figure of a Skeleton, Japanese, 19th Century
From the Met Museum
#netsuke#crouching figure of a skeleton#skeleton#japanese#19th century#1800s#carving#wood#sculpture#history
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19th century rabbit netsuke
#sourced#knickknackoftheday#(EARS)#☆#rabbit#rabbits#bunny#bunnies#bnnuy#netsuke#19th century#1800s#edo period#japanese art
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Netsuke memento mori - Science Museum, London
#netsuke#japanese#japan#wood carving#wood art#memento mori#occult#gothic#folklore#goth#folk horror#skull#dead#skulls#goth aesthetic#goth art#art history#history#oni#demon#devil#macabre#morbid#horror#monster#death#decay#antique
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Netsuke of Bird Cage, Edo or Meiji period, Japan.
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Pigeon-Shaped Flute (Japan, mid-19th century) by Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japan, 1810-1875).
Ivory with staining.
Image and text information courtesy LACMA.
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lovely Netsuke Chinese Boxwood Handwork Octopus Statue tea pet fengshui Art deco ebay global-collect-moon
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For both #WorldFrogDay + #WorldSparrowDay today, here are two ivory nestukes on display together at the The Walters Art Museum:
1. Skull and Toad
Ohara Mitsuhiro, Edo, early-mid 19th c.
2. Stylized Fukurasusume ("fat sparrow")
after Masanao of Kyoto, Edo, early 19th c.
#animals in art#animal holiday#museum visit#19th century art#Japanese art#East Asian art#Asian art#netsuke#ivory#carving#figurine#Walters Art Museum#World Frog Day#World Sparrow Day#frog#toad#sparrow#bird#birds in art
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