Netsuke

Museum number:
9-5716
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005716
Alternate number:
885 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
before 1909
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 6.35 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #97: First Savings and Loan Association (May 20, 1965–June 7, 1965) and S1975-1976 #83: Chancellor's House (May 19, 1976–July 10, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5716, described as Ivory netsuke; mythical treasure boat protected by 7 gods and goddesses. Boat is Chinese style.

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