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Netsuke 根付 ねつけ
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Netsuke (Japanese:根付)
are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne + tsuke mean "root" and "to attach"). Traditional Japanese garments—robes called kosode and kimono—had no pockets; however, men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines.
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Dragon Netsuke
by Noh-maks carver 寿康斎
source : www.gmo-toku.jp
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Kagamibuta Manju 根付 鏡蓋
Coiling Dragon
Edo Period
Signature: unsigned, 19th Century
Ivory and gilded bronze
H 2 in.(5cm.), W 2 in.(5cm.), D 0.5 in.(1.3cm.)
Private Collection
source : Buddhamuseum.com
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Demand for antique netsuke heats up in West
LONDON — Dealers in London are witnessing growing interest from buyers in Japanese antique netsuke and "inro" as new world records are set at auctions.
London-based auction house Bonhams announced world-record prices for a netsuke (a miniature carved ornament once used to attach purses or other articles to kimono sashes) and an inro (a traditional Japanese portable case consisting of nested boxes) at the November sale of a collection belonging to Swiss art collector Harriet Szechenyi.
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120104f4.html
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