Netsuke modelled as a shi shi with ball

early 19th century

Japanese

Ivory

1 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. (3.9 x 3.2 cm)

L.: 1 9/16 in.

Duncan MacTavish Fuller Memorial Collection

33.450

Not currently on view

Resources

Published ReferencesJoice, Gail, Michael Knight, and Pamela McClusky, vories in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1987, no. 10, p. 14

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