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Insects

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Title

Insects

Collection

Production

execution: anonymous, Japan, 1st half of the 19th century
execution: anonymous

Period | Style | School

Edo period (1603-1868)

Measurements

height: 7.1 cm
width: 6.9 cm

Inventory number

OR 1435

Acquisition

assumption , 1907

Department

Asia Collection

Description

Form: rund (marugata 丸形; auch marutsuba 丸鍔); durchbrochen; schlichter Reif; zu beiden Seiten der länglichen Öffnung in der Mitte (nakagoana 中心穴 oder茎穴) befinden sich die Öffnungen kozukahitsu 小柄櫃 links und kōgaihitsu 笄櫃 rechts. Insekten (Gottesanbeterin, Heuschrecke,...) zwischen den Gräsern.

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