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Netsuke: Clamshell

Place of OriginJapan
Dateearly 19th century
DimensionsL: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.129
Not on View
DescriptionKyoto ware; porcelain with polychrome glazes 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.) Checklist, p. 65, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
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