Netsuke: wandering friar

Place of OriginJapan

Dateearly 20th century

DimensionsH: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

Mediumivory

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineBequest of Noah H. Swayne

Object number

1927.114

Not on View

Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art, 2000, p. 22, repr. (col.) (author Carolyn M. Putney).

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