Nut in two halves inlaid with golden hawk flying over fishnet with waves and clouds

19th century

Medium: Netsuke, Ivory
Dimensions: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
other: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Frank and Joan Kenna in memory of Herman Robert and Margaret Reimers Giese
Accession Number: 1989.94.8a-b
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Frank Kenna Jr. (1923–2015) and Joan Giese Kenna, Woodbridge, Conn.; gift in 1989 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

netsukes

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