Woman

Japan

Showa period (1926-1989), About 1950

  • Titles Woman (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium stained ivory
  • Dimensions 1 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 in. (4.8 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.207.2010
  • Work Type netsuke
  • Classification Sculpture

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