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Netsuke: Mokugyo gong with confronting dragons

Netsuke: Mokugyo gong with confronting dragons

Artistpossibly Eiraku Tokuzen (Japanese, 1853-1909)
Datelate 19th century
DimensionsH: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Mediumearthenware
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.238
Not on View
DescriptionMokugyo. Kyoto ware; earthenware with celadon glaze.
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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