Netsuke: manju with toys

Period Edo Period (Japanese, 1615 - 1868)

Date19th century

Dimensionsdiam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

Mediumivory, lacquer, and iridescent shell

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee

Object number

1950.81A

Not on View

DescriptionFront: toy dog, toy Daruma, and two shuttlecocks. Back: shuttlecock paddle with plum twigs and new moon in shell.

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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