Netsuke: Palace
Netsuke: Palace

On view

Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Netsuke: Palace

Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
y1930-203

Information

Title
Netsuke: Palace
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
h. 2.7 cm., w. 4.1 cm., d. 3.2 cm. (1 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Morse Collection
Object Number
y1930-203
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Marks/Labels/Seals
Painted on bottom: I 229 On tag: 143/94
Culture
Japanese
Type
netsukes, ornament
Materials
ivory
Subject
figures (representations), houses

William Horace Morse (1840–1904), Japan, until d. 1904; by inheritance to his widow, Sarah V. Morse, and his children, Franklin B. Morse, Class of 1895, Virginia C. Morse, and William O. Morse, Class of 1902, 1904; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1905.

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