Netsuke: ivory tiger

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Netsuke: ivory tiger

Period Edo Period (Japanese, 1615 - 1868)

Datelate 18th century

DimensionsH: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)

Mediumivory

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee

Object number

1950.144

Not on View

Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 30, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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