Netsuke: Tongue-cut sparrow
Netsuke: Tongue-cut sparrow
Place of OriginJapan
Datelate 19th century
DimensionsH: 13/16 in. (2.0 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.207
Not on View
DescriptionBanko ware; earthenware with polychrome overglazes.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 48, p. 51 and Checklist, p. 55 (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
mid-19th century
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late 19th century
late 19th century
mid-19th century
mid-19th century
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mid-19th century
mid-19th century
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