Inro with Hawk on its Perch and Netsuke with Gama Sennin and a Toad

early 19th century (late Edo)

5.3 cm 8.7 cm 2.2 cm

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This carved ivory netsuke depicts a standing "immortal" hermit, Gama Sennin, with his gourd, toad and staff on a platform.The standard (oblong) gold lacquer four compartment inro has a slightly rounded body. One of the compartments contains red seal-paste. The design on each s...

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Wakai Kanesaburo, Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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