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Netsuke: Square manjû with dragon motif

Place of OriginJapan
Datemid-19th century
DimensionsW: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.78
Not on View
DescriptionLarge square Manju sometsuke Hirado. Kyoto ware; porcelain with clear glaze and blue underglaze (sometsuke).
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 20, p. 35, (det.) p. 72, and Checklist, p. 64, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).

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