Netsuke: Twelve zodiac animals with the four cardinal directions
Netsuke: Twelve zodiac animals with the four cardinal directions
Place of OriginJapan
Datemid-19th century
Dimensionsdiam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.75
Not on View
DescriptionHirado ware; white porcelain with clear, blue, gray and brown glazes.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 6, p. 27, and Checklist, p. 58, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
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