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Netsuke

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown wooden sculpture of a man and child. The man sits cross-legged in the back, with eyes cast down. He is bald with a short, rounded beard. He wears a robe. A small child sits to the right, on a cylindrical object. The child looks up and smiles with hands on the object. In front of them is a rectangular object with rounded edges standing upright and a small cylindrical object. To the left is a cylindrical object with etched diagonal lines. The background is light gray. Title: Netsuke.

Artwork Details

Date
18th century
Medium
Wood
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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