Spinning Top
75-13-45E
From: Japan (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 75-13-45E |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Japan (uncertain) |
| Creator | Hiroi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Watermelon |
| Description | Five painted wooden tops shaped as fanciful fruits or vegetables. (a) Red apple 1.2cm diam; stem 0.1cm diam x 0.4cm. (b) Yellow persimmon. (c) Orange tangerine. (d) Purple eggplant; body 2cm high. (e) Half watermelon; green rind, red flesh. Container in form of hollow red apple 5.5cm diam; closure is upper sixth of apple with diam 3.6cm x 0.4cm thick. The stem is 0.4cm diam x 2.3cm. The closure is a twirler itself. All the small twirlers except the eggplant perform well. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Douglas W. Gould, 1975 |
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