Cat Prostitute and Client

猫の遊女無銘

Japanese

Meiji era

mid to late 19th century

Object Place: Hida, Japan

Medium/Technique Stained boxwood and horn

Dimensions 5.8 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm (2 5/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman

Accession Number47.681

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsNetsuke

Catalogue Raisonné Earle, Netsuke (MFA, 2001), #233

Signed Unsigned

ProvenanceGiven by Dr. Ernest Goodrich Stillman in 1947.