Netsuke: Pelican

Artist Mashimizu Zôroku (1822-1877)

Place of OriginJapan

Datelate 19th century

DimensionsL: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)

Mediumearthenware

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of Richard R. Silverman

Object number

2009.242

Not on View

DescriptionSeated pelican. Kyoto ware; earthenware with celadon 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. 68 and (det.) p. 75, (catalog title: Adornment in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection).