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Netsuke of Man who Misses Catching a Rat

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooden sculpture of a man crouching on the ground. The man is bald, has a mustache and beard. He wears a short-sleeved garment. His head and torso lean forward. His left arm rests on a rectangular object. The man's right arm bends at the elbow, with the hand on the ground beside the rectangular object. The rectangular object has a rope tied around it. The background is gray.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Wood
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 429 px
Museum record:
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