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Netsuke: Lotus pod with articulated seeds

Netsuke: Lotus pod with articulated seeds

Place of OriginJapan
Datemid-19th century
DimensionsL: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Mediumporcelain with paulownia wood
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.103
Not on View
DescriptionLotus Pod with 7 movable wooden seeds, Hirado yaki. Kyoto ware; porcelain with clear glaze and blue underglaze (sometsuke) and paulownia wood.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 19, p. 35 and Checklist, p. 64, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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