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Title

Netsuke in the form of an old man

19th century

Artist

Gyokuzan

Japan

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
    Date
    19th century
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    carved ivory with mother of pearl, wood and metal
    Dimensions
    5.5 x 2.6 cm
    Signature & date

    Signed base, in Japanese, red ink, incised "Gyokuzan". Not dated.

    Credit
    Bequest of Henry Albert Nathan 1941
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    7159.51
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Gyokuzan

    Works in the collection

    2

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Provenance

    Albert Henry Nathan, pre 1940, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, bequeathed to the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1941.

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