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Netsuke: Shishimai child dancer lifting a lion mask (red mask)

ArtistAFTER Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-1694)
Place of OriginJapan
Datelate 19th century
DimensionsH: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.83
Not on View
DescriptionKyoto ware; porcelain with polychrome overglazes and gold enamel.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 9, p. 29, (det.) p. 72, and Checklist, p. 64, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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