Netsuke: serving spoon with netsuke attached as handle, Chinese man holding child
Netsuke: serving spoon with netsuke attached as handle, Chinese man holding child
Place of OriginJapan and England
Date18th-19th century
DimensionsH: 9 7/16 in. (23.9 cm)
Mediumivory on silver spoon
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
1988.48
Not on View
DescriptionIvory, mounted on cast and chased silver spoon with gilded bowl. Handle is a Chinese man holding a child on his shoulder.
Published ReferencesSilverman, Richard, "A Tale of Two Netsuke," Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, 1984, pp. 6-7 and cover.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 45, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).
Edo Period
late 19th-early 20th century
Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912), 19th century
Ch'ing Dynasty (1644-1912)
about 1500
Late 18th Dynasty (about 1350–1300 BCE)
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