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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.
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