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Netsuke "Charitable Deed", 2022

Also known as: Netsukė „Labdaringas poelgis“, 2022

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

2022

Netsuke "Charitable Deed" is held by M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art (Lithuania), dated 2022. Description supplied by the holding institution: Small figurine depicting a large pot or vase full of dough (?).

One side of the pot is smashed open, and a person emerges through the hole together with the dough. Kneeling beside is another person holding a stone that smashed the pot. In the base of the figurine, there are two holes for threading a cord and an inscription. The collection record gives material recorded as engraving; carving; ivory; measurements height x width: 31 x 40 mm. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

Evidence at a glance

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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
raižymas; drožinėjimas; dramblio kaulas
Dimensions
aukštis x plotis: 31 x 40 mm

Identification

Europeana id
/2021802/LIMIS_590046844
Museum object name
Netsukė „Labdaringas poelgis“
Holding institution
M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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