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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Netsuke modeled as three puppies
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Netsuke modeled as three puppies

Datelate 19th century
Maker Suzuki Tokoku Japanese, 1845–1913
Signature of Bairyu
Object number91.182
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, A Thousand Years of Beauty: Japanese Art in Seattle, July 16, 2001 - Nov. 17, 2002. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.
Credit LineGift of the Robert B. and Honey Dootson Collection
Dimensions1 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (2.54 x 3.81 x 2.86 cm)
MediumIvory with inlaid decoration and color
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Suzuki Tokoku
late 19th century
Object number: 91.171
Model of a Seated Shishi with a Ball
Japanese
ca. 1770
Object number: 91.166
Model of a Carp, Sea Bass, Blowfish, Shrimp and Octopus
Hasegawa Ikko
ca. 1820
Object number: 91.167
Lacquered Wood Ryusa Netsuke Carved as Nine Noh Masks
Japanese
ca. 1840
Object number: 91.180
Model of a Goat and Monkey
Japanese
ca. 1775
Object number: 91.158
Model of a Seated Monkey Poking at a Turtle
Okatomo
ca. 1770
Object number: 91.163
Model of a Seated Monkey Struggling with an Octopus
Tomokazu
19th century
Object number: 91.172
Model of a Crouching Tiger
Mitsuharu
ca. 1770
Object number: 91.161
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Korean
late 12th century
Object number: 48.61
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Korean
14th century
Object number: 48.63