Netsuke: Ashinaga and Tenaga with a Fish
Netsuke: Ashinaga and Tenaga with a Fish
Artist
Doraku
(Japanese)
Period
Edo Period
(Japanese, 1615 - 1868)
Datemid 19th century
DimensionsH: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Mediumwood
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee
Object number
1948.161
Not on View
DescriptionThe long-armed, long-legged pair: Ashinaga and Tenaga, with fish.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 32, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
early 19th century
late 19th century
Predynastic Period, Naqada II, about 3600-3200 BCE
11th–12th Dynasties (2130–1802 BCE)
668-627 BCE
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