Netsuke in Form of Skull and Toad

early-mid 19th century

7 cm 3.6 cm 4.2 cm

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Netsuke were functional fashion accessories for wealthy Japanese men, who wore kimonos that had no pockets. Netsuke were created in a wide variety of materials and portrayed equally diverse subject matter such as those represented in this case. Often humorously designed and al...

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Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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