Description (Physical description)
Ivory netsuke of an old man feeding a dragon.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Display)
On display in the Maudslay Hall, CUMAA, from 1990. Display label (2020) reads, '9 Netsuké / An old man feeding a dragon, holding a bowl [sic] of food in one hand and a bowl in the other. Signed with the maker's name on the base.'
Event Date 1990
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Netsuke. Ivory carving of a man, seated cross legged, feeding a dragon. The man is holding a bowl in one hand and a circular object in the other. One of the dragon's claws is reaching towards the ball of food, with the other positioned below the head of the dragon. The dragon's body is entwined around the man with the scales visible from the underside. The maker's mark is visible on the base and is made up of three Kanji symbols.
Event Date 5/6/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin

Conservation (Surface Clean)
CON.2025.6223 | Surface Clean
Event Date 7/7/2025
Author: Stephanie De Roemer