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Kappa (River-Creature) Emerging from a Swamp

Kappa (River-Creature) Emerging from a Swamp

Ryuheisai

Artist
Ryuheisai
(Japanese)
Title
Kappa (River-Creature) Emerging from a Swamp
Date
19th century
Period
Edo or Meiji Periods
Medium
Ivory, stain, sumi (ink), and horn inlay
Dimensions
1 1/4 x 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Jones Frautschi
Accession No.
1995.64.9
Classification
Decorative Carving
Geography
Japan

Related

October 1959, purchased at the Miyako Hotel Giftshop (Kyoto, Japan) by Dorothy Jones Frautschi (Madison, WI); December 1995, gifted by Dorothy Jones Frautschi (Madison, WI) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Chōnin: Japanese Art from the Elvehjem Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/1/2001–11/11/2001

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