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Collections

Masanao
Blowfish18th century

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke carved as a rounded puffer fish, with an engraved geometric scale pattern darkened with brown pigment and a large inlaid eye
Artist or Maker
Masanao
Title
Blowfish
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions
1 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (4.6 x 2.9 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.143
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. "To Donate or Not to Donate." Impressions: the Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America 42, pt.2 (2021): 100-121.