Netsuke in the form of a wolf with a turtle, Tomotada, c. 1800 - c. 1850

Identification

Title(s)

Netsuke in the form of a wolf with a turtle

Object type

netsuke

Object number

AK-MAK-994

Description

Wolf, waarvan de voorpoot op een schildpad rust. Gesigneerd "tomotada".

Creation

Artist

Tomotada

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1800 - c. 1850

School / style

Edo-period (1600-1868)

Material and Technique

Material

wood (plant material)

Measurements

height 4 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

Acquisition

loan 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Japanese netsuke, Julia Hutt
Netsuke : fantasy and reality in Japanese miniature sculpture, Joe Earle, p. 129, 261
Netsuke, Patrizia Jirka-Schmitz, Anna Trumpf, Christian Trumpf, dl. 2, p. 218, 267

Persistent URL

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