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Netsuke modeled as a monkey holding a turtle

Photo: Paul Macapia

Netsuke modeled as a monkey holding a turtle

late 18th century

Yamaguchi Okatomo

Japanese, active late 18th century

Ivory
2 x 2 1/8 in. (5.08 x 5.4 cm)
L.: 1 in.
Duncan MacTavish Fuller Memorial Collection
33.477
Photo: Paul Macapia
location
Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.
Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E., A Gift to the City, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1993, p. 19

Clysdale, Heather Colburn, The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Journal, Autumn 2008, pg. 6

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