Box-netsuke with design of toys
Kajikawa School
(Japanese)
mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueDull black lacquer ground; decoration in black and silver low takamaki-e with gold foil, the eyes of the Sanbaso mask inlaid in crystal behind which the pupils move to change the mask's expression
DimensionsOverall: 3.5 x 3.9 x 1.7 cm (1 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number21.2365b
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ProvenanceLent by H.L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910
mid-18th century
Kajikawa School
Late 17th century
early to mid-19th century
