Netsuke: three monkeys
Netsuke: three monkeys
Place of OriginJapan
Datelate 19th century
DimensionsH: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Mediumboxwood with inlaid tortoise shell
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Noah H. Swayne
Object number
1928.155
Not on View
DescriptionCarved boxwood with inlaid tortoise shell eyes. A figural netsuke; three monkeys (hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil) called Sambiki Saru.
Published ReferencesSilverman, Richard R., "The Toledo Museum of Art and Its Collection of Netsuke," Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, p. 16, fig. 8.Exhibition HistorySouth Bend, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Ideals from the East, 1994-1995.
Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 26, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
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