Netsuke: beetle on wood disk

Permanent Link:

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI11090938/00001

Material Information

Title:

Netsuke: beetle on wood disk

Publication Date:

1801/1840

Physical Description:

sculpture -- medium: boxwood -- height: 3 /4 -- width: 1 5/8 -- depth: 1 1/2

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Netsukes
Small sculpture -- Japan
Wearable art -- Japan

Notes

General Note:

Netsukes are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve as a buttonlike fixture on a sash, from which small personal belongings were hung.

Ownership:

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University

Record Information

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Holding Location:

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

Rights Management:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Resource Identifier:

FI11090938
MET 78.10.5 ( accession number )

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum
Netsuke