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Title

Netsuke in the form of a female Nô mask

19th century

Artist

Tomotoshi

Japan

Alternate image of Netsuke in the form of a female Nô mask by Tomotoshi

  • Details

    Other Title
    Noh mask
    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
    Date
    19th century
    Media categories
    Sculpture , Animal material
    Materials used
    carved ivory and rope
    Dimensions
    6.0 x 4.9 x 2.4 cm
    Signature & date

    Signed c.l. verso, in Japanese, ink, incised "Tomotoshi". Not dated.

    Credit
    Bequest of Henry Albert Nathan 1941
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    7159.1
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Tomotoshi

    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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