Netsuke: hako with Chinese servant

Place of OriginJapan

Date19th century

Dimensions13/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (2.1 x 3.2 x 3.8 cm)

Mediumlacquer

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee

Object number

1948.137A

Not on View

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Netsuke
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Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 44, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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