Netsuke: serving spoon with netsuke attached as handle, Chinese man holding child
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
Not on View
Collections
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).- Netsuke
- Sculpture
Edo Period
late 19th-early 20th century
Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century
Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)
about 1500
Late 19th century
18th century
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