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Netsuke: Three Puppies on a Roof Tile

Artist Chokosai (Japanese)
Datelate 19th century
Dimensionslength of base from round edge to opposite edge: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)
Mediumwood and ivory
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Noah H. Swayne
Object number
1927.120
Not on View
Published ReferencesSilverman, Richard R., "The Toledo Museum of Art and Its Collection of Netsuke," Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, fig. 7, p. 16.

Putney, Carolyn and Matt Wiederhold, "Japanese Treasures: the Art of Netsuke Carving," International Netsuke Society Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer 2000, p. 14, fig. 5 (col.).

Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 33, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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