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Netsuke: serving spoon with netsuke attached as handle, Chinese man holding child
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Netsuke: serving spoon with netsuke attached as handle, Chinese man holding child

Place of OriginJapan and England
Date18th-19th century
DimensionsH: 9 7/16 in. (23.9 cm)
Mediumivory on silver spoon
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
1988.48
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Collections
  • Netsuke
  • Sculpture
Published ReferencesSilverman, Richard, "A Tale of Two Netsuke," Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, 1984, pp. 6-7 and cover.

Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 45, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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