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Netsuke: Gama Sennin with articulated toad head in sleeve

Place of OriginJapan
Dateearly 19th century
DimensionsH: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.102
Not on View
DescriptionGama Sennin in a lying position with movable frog head. Hirado ware; porcelain with bisque, blue, brown, and gray glazes.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, Fig. 7, repr. (col.) p. 16, Cat. 12, p. 31, and Checklist, p. 58, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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