netsuke
- Museum number
- 1945,1017.595
- Description
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Netsuke. Chinese couple playing a flute. Made of ivory.
- Production date
- 1700 (about)
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This netsuke depicts the Chinese Tang emperor Xuanzong (AD 685-762) and his beautiful consort Yang Yuhuan (Yang Guifei, AD 719-756) playing a flute together, seated on an elaborately decorated throne.
One of the oldest examples of netsuke in the British Museum, this netsuke has acquired a beautiful golden patina with age.
(Tsuchiya, 2015)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2014 June-Aug, London, British Museum, Asahi Shimbun display, Dressed to impress: Netsuke and Japanese men’s fashion.
2016-17 9 Dec-21 May, Durham University Oriental Museum, Dressed to impress: netsuke and Japanese men’s fashion
2017 30 May-29 Oct, Dorman Museum, Dressed to impress: netsuke and Japanese men’s fashion
2017-2018 4 Nov-22 Apr, Museum of East Asian Art, Dressed to impress: netsuke and Japanese men’s fashion
2018 28 Apr-18 Aug, Worthing Museum, Dressed to impress: netsuke and Japanese men’s fashion
- Acquisition date
- 1945
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1945,1017.595
