Netsuke in form of Gama Sennin

Made:: 1701-1900 in Japan

Ivory netsuke, in the form of Gama Sennin holding two toads

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Ivory netsuke, in the form of Gama Sennin holding two toads
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Ivory netsuke, in the form of Gama Sennin holding two toads, Japanese, 1701-1900

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A48688

Materials:: complete and ivory

Measurements:: overall: 73 mm x 32 mm x 20 mm,

type:: netsuke

credit:: Glendining

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Netsuke in form of Gama Sennin

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