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Collections

Unknown
Grazing Horseearly 19th century

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke of a horse with head bowed to its hooves, deeply carved flowing mane with dark-pigmented incised lines
Ivory netsuke of a horse with head lowered and arched back, warm yellow-toned carving with finely incised mane rendered in parallel curved lines, compact rounded form.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Grazing Horse
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 3/8 x 1 7/16 x 15/16 in. (6.1 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.70
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.