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Netsuke: Shishi lion on pedestal with loose ceramic bead in mouth
Netsuke: Shishi lion on pedestal with loose ceramic bead in mouth

Netsuke: Shishi lion on pedestal with loose ceramic bead in mouth

Place of OriginJapan
Dateearly 19th century
DimensionsH: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.176
Not on View
DescriptionSeated Shi Shi on base with ball in mouth. Hirado ware; glazed porcelain.
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. 60, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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