Netsuke in the form of a sleeping Chinese scholar

Japanese

Edo period

Late 17th–early 18th century

Medium/Technique Carved and stained ivory

Dimensions Overall: 5.7 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm (2 1/4 x 7/8 x 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson

Accession Number21.2312b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsInro

Signed Unsigned
無銘

ProvenanceLent by H. L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910