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Netsuke: Octopus pot

Artist Kanji
Place of OriginJapan
Datelate 19th century
DimensionsH: 1 5/15 in. (3.4 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.154
Not on View
DescriptionEdo ware; earthenware with polychrome glazes and lacquer.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 36, p. 45, Checklist, p. 57, and (det.) p. 74, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
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