Netsuke: Gourd-shaped bottle with floral and insect motif
Netsuke: Gourd-shaped bottle with floral and insect motif
Place of OriginChina
Dateearly 19th century
DimensionsH: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm)
Mediumporcelain and metal
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.108
Not on View
DescriptionHyotan (Scent Bottle) and stopper. Arita ware; porcelain with clear glaze and blue underglaze (sometsuke), metal stopper and fitting.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Checklist, p. 55, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
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