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Embroidered Hand Ball (Temari 手まり)
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Embroidered Hand Ball (Temari 手まり)

Place of OriginJapan
Date1996
Dimensions1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Mediumlacquer with abalone and gold
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2023.135
Not on View
Descriptionlacquer with inlaid abolone and gold
Kinuyo 絹代 (Hariya Masayuki 針谷 祐之)
2001
Inro:  landscape with mountains and water
Somada Mitsumasa
19th century
Netsuke: Ebisu, seated with a basket of fish
Edo Period
late 19th-early 20th century
Sword Guard (Tsuba):  Lobster and Fern Leaves
Masayuki
mid-18th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Netsuke: Shishi holding a Kyotoku mask
Kato Masayuki
mid-late 19th century
Inro:  pine cones and needles
Naganao Oteki
19th century
Inro:  Kanzan and Jittoku
early 19th century

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