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Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art
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Product Description
The Toledo Museum of Art has an outstanding collection of more than 250 netsuke. Fifty examples are highlighted. Chapter One relates the history of netsuke. Chapter Two illustrates the most popular types using additional examples in the collection. Chapter Three explores materials, some information about the carvers, and techniques. Selected bibliography. Index.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #685086 in Books
- Published on: 2000-04-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 48 pages
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About the Author
Carolyn M. Putney is Curator of Asian Art at the Toledo Museum of Art.
Customer Reviews
Great book for a gift!
This is good book to start know about what NETSKE is. It introduces the brief background, type and techniques for Netsuke. What I like was the pictures of marvelous museum collection with notes. It is not thick book like others but it is enjoyable and enriches your mind.
Japanese Treasures: The Art of Netsuke Carving in the Toledo Museum of Art
There are interesting stories about every netsuke, good quality of photographies.
