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Netsuke: Chinese literati on engraved seal base

Place of OriginJapan
Dateearly 20th century
DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.220
Not on View
DescriptionKyoto ware; earthenware with polychrome glazes and gold enamel.
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. 67 and (det.) p. 75, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
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