Bamboo Section with Ants and a Worm

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description A bamboo section with ants in lacquer and a worm in ivory inlay. Inlaid pearl tablet with inscription.

Exhibitions

Netsuke: Miniature Sculpture of Japan. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Signature] Soichi

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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mid-late 19th century (Meiji)

bamboo with lacquer and ivory inlay
(Wood)

61.227

1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)