Frog on a Lotus Leaf

蓮の葉に乗る蛙銘:石州石河西青陽堂富春彫刻

Shimizu Tomiharu (Japanese, 1733–1810)

Japanese

Edo period

Late 18th to early 19th century

Object Place: Iwami, Japan

Medium/Technique Stained boxwood

Dimensions 3 x 7.1 x 3.5 cm (1 3/16 x 2 13/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Lydia S. Hays

Accession Number17.11

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsNetsuke

Catalogue Raisonné Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #187

Signed Sekishû Ishikawa-Nishi Seiyôdô Tomiharu Chôkoku (carved by SeiyôdôTomiharu to the West of the Ishikawa River in Iwami Provience)

ProvenanceGiven by Mrs. Lydia S. Hays to the Museum in 1917.