Netsuke: sleeping Hotei
Netsuke: sleeping Hotei
Artist
Hoshu
Place of OriginJapan
Datelate 19th century
DimensionsH: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Mediumwood, ivory, and silver
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of H. A. Fee
Object number
1948.166
Not on View
DescriptionMan asleep. Robe is inlaid with silver line pattern.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 24, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
19th century
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