Rectangular sagemono with case, ring-like ojime and netsuke in form of sea-slug

Made:: 1880-1920 in Japan

Rectangular lacquered sagemono in silk-lined leather case

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Rectangular lacquered sagemono in silk-lined leather case, with ring-like ojime and wooden netsuke in form of sea-slug, Japanese, 1880-1920

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A68123

Materials:: complete, wood, leather and silk

Measurements:: sagemono: 58 mm,
sagemono, cord and netsuke: 195 mm
netsuke: 127 mm

type:: sagemono, ojime and netsuke

credit:: Glendining

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Rectangular sagemono with case, ring-like ojime and netsuke in form of sea-slug

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