Object class: Sculpture (visual works) / Collector: Hugo Taussig / Donor: Design (UC Berkeley) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12459, described as Netsuke in the shape of a brown wooden bottle. Snail in ivory peers into the hole. Ivory name plaque mounted in bottom of bottle and two holes on side opposite snail make hanging loop.

Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.

Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12451, described as Japan. Ojime, brown bead, with ornate decoration of tiger (tora) and dragon (tatsu) in a bamboo forest. Apparent seam between halves. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.