MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Yamaguchi_Okatomo_-_Netsuke_in_the_Form_of_a_Rat_-_Walters_71936_-_Right.jpg (1800x1394) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Yamaguchi Okatomo - Netsuke in the Form of a Rat - Walters 71936 - Right.jpg The rat is portrayed with one rear leg raised to his ear and holding a daikon or Japanese radish in his front paws It has been realistically carved and tinted with considerable attention lavished on its finely incised strands of fur Black coral was used for the inlaid eyes The rat which is the first animal in the Chinese and Japanese twelve-year cycle was the first to appear before the Buddha in an audience of animals It was a popular subject especially for those born in its year late Other date century 18 Edo ivory coral cm 4 7 l accession number 71 936 30143 William T Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters Netsuke Miniature Sculpture of Japan The Fabergé Menagerie The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Columbus Museum of Art Columbus; Portland Art Museum Portland 2003-2004 place of origin Kyoto Japan Walters Art Museum license Daikon Netsuke Miniature Sculpture of Japan Art of Japan in the Walters Art Museum Yamaguchi Okatomo Rats in art | ||||
