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Netsuke: Kagamibuta with Bashiko

Netsuke: Kagamibuta with Bashiko

Place of OriginJapan
Dateearly 20th century
Dimensionsdiam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Mediumivory and silver with copper and gold inlays
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee
Object number
1950.115A
Not on View
DescriptionIvory (bowl) and silver with copper and gold inlays (lid). Bashiko treating a dragon's throat.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 27, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
Netsuke: kagamibuta with a bridge scene
Netsuke: kagamibuta with a bridge scene
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