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Netsuke: Recumbent elephant

Place of OriginJapan
Dateearly 19th century
DimensionsL: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.222
Not on View
DescriptionImari ware; porcelain 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.) Checklist, p. 63, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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