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Title

Carved ornament of nine rats on white radish (daikon) (okimono)

19th century

Artists

Unknown Artist

No image

  • Details

    Other Title
    Figure (carved ornament of nine rats on radish? carrot?)
    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
    Date
    19th century
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    carved ivory
    Dimensions
    9.7 x 3.3 cm
    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Bequest of Henry Albert Nathan 1941
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    7159.30
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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Provenance

    Albert Henry Nathan, pre 1940, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, bequeathed to the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1941.