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Netsuke: Persimmon with Concealed Figure of Benten
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Netsuke: Persimmon with Concealed Figure of Benten

Artist Kagetoshi 景利 Japanese, died 1843
Place of OriginJapan
Date19th century
Dimensionsclosed: 1 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (3.2 x 5.7 cm)
Mediumsandalwood and ivory
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee
Object number
1950.130
Not on View
Collections
  • Sculpture
  • Netsuke
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 15, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
Netsuke: Choryo proffering his shoe to Kosekko
Kagetoshi 景利
late 19th century
Inro: two-part shrine
Edo Period
early 17th-late 19th Century

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