Netsuke: Kinko Sennin on a carp

Place of OriginJapan

Date19th century

Dimensions1 5/16 x 1 3/4 in. (3.3 x 4.4 cm)

Mediumivory

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee

Object number

1948.144A

Not on View

DescriptionA bearded sennin riding a carp while reading a scroll.

Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 22, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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