Netsuke: seated monkey biting its hand

Place of OriginJapan

Datelate 19th century

DimensionsH: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Mediumwood with inlaid glass eyes

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of H.A. Fee

Object number

1950.150

Not on View

Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 35, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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