Netsuke: Taoist Sage

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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

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Netsuke

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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