Netsuke: Acrobat
Netsuke: Acrobat
Place of OriginJapan
Date19th century
Mediumivory
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2016.236
Not on View
DescriptionNetsuke in the shape of an acrobat on its arms and elbows, with its legs in the air above its head.
Hellenistic Greek, possibly Ptolemaic, about 150-50 BCE
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
750-650 BCE
Before 1880
c. 2nd century CE
mid 18th century
425-350 BCE
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