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Maker(s):	Meikaku
Culture:	Japanese
Title:	Man examing egg
Date Made:	20th century
Type:	Netsuke/Inro/Ojima
Materials:	Ivory; carved with pigment
Place Made:	Asia; Japan
Measurements:	Overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 3.2 cm x 3.5 cm x 2.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:	INSCRIPTION/SIGNATURE: bottom: [Japanese character, mei [ill.]].
Accession Number:	MH 1986.30.78
Credit Line:	William Richter Collection, Gift of Margaret Ruth Richter (Class of 1939)
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
An ivory Japanese netsuke of a man in brownish kimono sitting in front of a basket of eggs and examining an egg in his hands. Two holes at the bottom for functional use.

Tags:
farmers; merchants; eggs

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