Netsuke: Blowfish
Netsuke: Blowfish
Place of OriginJapan
Dateearly 19th century
DimensionsH: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.76
Not on View
DescriptionArita ware; porcelain with clear glaze and blue underglaze (sometsuke).
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 41, p. 47 and Checklist, p. 55 (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
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