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Netsuke: Turtle

Artist Kawamoto Teiji ((active mid-19th century))
Place of OriginJapan
Datemid-19th century
DimensionsL: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)
Mediumporcelain
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman
Object number
2009.152
Not on View
DescriptionTurtle (shell). Edo ware; porcelain with brown glaze.
Exhibition HistoryToledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection, October 1, 2010 - February 27, 2011, repr. (col.) Checklist, p. 57 and (det.) p. 74, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).
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