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Writer's Seal with Grazing Deer
19th century (Edo; Meiji)
ivory, pigment
(Japan and Korea )
(Japan and Korea )
A carved ivory netsuke of a writer's seal with grazing deer and a bat incised on the bottom.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1978 | Netsuke: Miniature Sculpture of Japan. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 5/16 × W: 1 1/4 × L: 7/16 in. (3.3 × 3.2 × 1.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
71.891