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Netsuke: Monkey-faced sanbasô dancer with articulated head and tongue

Place of OriginJapan
Datemid-19th century
DimensionsH: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.170
Not on View
DescriptionHirado ware; porcelain with clear, bisque, blue and brown glazes.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 7, p. 28 and Checklist, p. 59, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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