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Collections

Seiyōdō Tomiharu
Snaillate 18th-early 19th century

Not on view
Small carved sculpture of a coiled snail shell in amber-brown material with a crouching toad or frog figure perched at the top, detailed with fine spiral ridges and a bumpy textured back
Artist or Maker
Seiyōdō Tomiharu
Title
Snail
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 18th-early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with dark staining, sumi
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. (4.4 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.144
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Takamado no Miya Hisako. Kogiroku. Heisei 24nendo. Kananmachi (Osakafu): Osaka geijutsu daigaku, 2013.
  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.