Netsuke: box of shells
Artist: Tomokazu 友一 (Kanō Tomokazu 加納友一)
Period: Tokugawa Period (Japanese, 1603 - 1868)
Date: 19th century
Dimensions:
H: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
base: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Medium: ebony and mother-of-pearl
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of W. P. Baker
Object number: 1926.113
DescriptionSimulating box overflowing with shells; bits of mother-of-pearl inlay.
On view