Netsuke
9024
From: Japan
Curatorial Section: Asian
Native Name | Netsuke |
Object Number | 9024 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Date Made | 18th Century - 1891 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Ivory |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Boy | Fish |
Description | Netsuke. Ivory. Boy holding a big fish, probably the one-inch boy (Issun-bōshi 一寸法師). One of his feet steps on the fish tail. Unsigned. |
Credit Line | Gift of Thomas Hockley, 1891 |
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