Netsuke: Fukurokuju and a Chinese Boy

Artist Masakazu | Shoichi (Japanese)

Date19th century

DimensionsH: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm)

Mediumivory

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee

Object number

1952.46A

Not on View

DescriptionIvory with gray staining and two black lacquer beads.

Published ReferencesExhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 21, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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