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Netsuke: Monkey trainer

Place of OriginJapan
Datemid-19th century
DimensionsH: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.124
Not on View
DescriptionDaimyo as monkey trainer. Imari 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. 44, p. 49 and Checklist, p. 62, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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