Netsuke: Okame (Goddess of Mirth) sleeping with a cat

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Netsuke: Okame (Goddess of Mirth) sleeping with a cat

Artist Soko (Japanese, 1896-1973)

Date1965-1974

Dimensions1 x 1 3/16 x1 3/4 in. (2.5 x 3 x 4.4 cm)

Mediumivory

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman

Object number

2005.91

Not on View

Published ReferencesArts of Asia, Vol.4 # 3, May-June 1974, pp. 34-35.

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