Samurai

Japan

Showa period (1926-1989), About 1950

  • Titles Samurai (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium stained ivory
  • Dimensions 3 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in. (7.6 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.206.2010
  • Work Type netsuke
  • Classification Sculpture

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