3-217 (original number), 4-378 (original number), and 5-356 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2384
Description:
netsuke: man wearing cape and large domed hat, standing beside bamboo grove.
Donor:
Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Geraldine C. Robson
Collection date:
before 1940
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Toggle to be attached to the end of a cord and thrust through the sash of a kimono for the support of a purse, pouch or lacquer box.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 4.2 centimeters
Comment:
Netsuke in brown wood, of a man standing by a reed hut. Chu-ko Liang as mentioned in above notes, as an associate of Gentoku (Lei Pei) Chang Fei and Kuang Yu or Ti. His were the brains of the corporation, and he was discovered at the beginning of his tour de force, in the mountain fastness dwelling in a reed hut. One of the wittiest heroes of old China with a limitless bag of tricks at his service.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #60: Decorative Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (December 7, 1970–December 11, 1970)