Netsuke: box of shells
Netsuke: box of shells
Period
Tokugawa Period
(Japanese, 1603 - 1868)
Date19th century
DimensionsH: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
base: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
base: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Mediumebony and mother-of-pearl
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of W. P. Baker
Object number
1926.113
Not on View
DescriptionSimulating box overflowing with shells; bits of mother-of-pearl inlay.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 38, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
19th century
19th century
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