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Netsuke: Stylized bear

Artistpossibly by Eiraku Wazen (1823-1896)
Place of OriginJapan
Datelate 19th century
DimensionsL: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Mediumstoneware
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.95
Not on View
DescriptionKyoto ware, Raku style; glazed stoneware.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Cat. 31, p. 42, (det.) p. 72, and Checklist, p. 64, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
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