NETSUKE — Vänersborgs museum
Record status
Individual type · partial
NETSUKE is held by Vänersborgs museum (Sweden). Description supplied by the holding institution: 15 368:6: Netsuke (pot with lid). A netsuke is a form of miniature sculpted button in various materials. Because the traditional Japanese costume lacked pockets, this button served both a practical and ornamental function as a toggle for suspended objects worn at the sash. The collection record gives material recorded as Bone; ivory. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Ben; elfenben
Identification
- Europeana id
- /916106/vbg_object_VM15368_006
- Museum object name
- NETSUKE
- Holding institution
- Vänersborgs museum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and date against a specialist reference.