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Netsuke: Gourd-shaped bottle with ivory stopper and fitting

ArtistAFTER Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663 - 1743)
Datemid-19th century
DimensionsH: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Mediumearthenware with ivory
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.155
Not on View
DescriptionKyoto ware; earthenware with polychrome glazes and ivory.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 24, p. 38, Checklist, p. 66, and (det.) p. 74, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
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