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Netsuke: Taoist Sage

Artist Shogetsu
Period Edo Period (Japanese, 1615 - 1868)
Date19th century
DimensionsH: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Mediummarine ivory
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee
Object number
1950.120
Not on View
DescriptionFigure of a bearded man (Taoist sage) with hands clasped behind back.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 31, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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