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Netsuke: Ama (woman combing hair after bathing)

Netsuke: Ama (woman combing hair after bathing)

Artist Gyokushu (Japanese, 20th century)
Date1965-1974
Dimensions3 5/8 x 11/16 x 1 in. (9.1 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm)
Mediumivory
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2005.75
Not on View
Published ReferencesArts of Asia, Vol.4 # 3, May-June 1974, pp. 34-35.
Netsuke: woman after bathing
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