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Netsuke: Child holding a boar

Place of OriginJapan
Datemid-19th century
DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.191
Not on View
DescriptionBlack hair monkey with young boar. Hirado ware; porcelain with clear, blue, and gray glazes.
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. 61, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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