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Sasaki Tomiaki
Snail on Boar Tusk1787

Not on view
Carved cream-white stone object with a curved leaf shape, featuring a honey-amber snail in high relief and Chinese inscriptions on the surface
Artist or Maker
Sasaki Tomiaki
Title
Snail on Boar Tusk
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1787
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Boar tusk with sumi, buffalo horn
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 13/16 x 1/2 in. (9.0 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.15
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Goodall, Hollis. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 1." International Netsuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 14-22.