Netsuke in form of seated cross-legged man in pain

Made:
1701-1900 in Japan
maker:
Unknown

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Wooden netsuke, in the form of a man seated cross-legged, with his mouth open as if in pain, signed, Japanese, 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Object Number:
A641227
Materials:
complete, wood
type:
netsuke ethnography (general), ethnography (general), male, netsuke
taxonomy:
  • visual and verbal communication
  • sculpture
credit:
Glendining

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