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Netsuke with a Longevity Turtle and Shells
Netsuke with a Longevity Turtle and Shells
Netsuke with a Longevity Turtle and Shells

Netsuke with a Longevity Turtle and Shells

Datec.1800
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: ivory; pigment
DimensionsOverall: 2.7 x 0.8 x 5 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Lewis and Ruth Sherman
Object number2007.016.087
DescriptionNetsuke has a roughly rectangular form depicting shells and a minogame (longevity turtle) inside a clam shell. Details are pigmented in brown. There two perforations (one large and one small), on the back side.

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