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Aesop's Fables > Aesop's Artifacts > Carvings, Statues, & Figurines > Netsuke Figurines

Netsuke Figurines

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1980?  Netsuke of a Hare Carrying a Tortoise.  Gift of Margaret Carlson Lytton.

This is a surprising posture, even more surprising because the turtle has his head turned around 180 degrees!  The hare has lost a chunk of his left back paw.  What beautiful artistry!

 

 

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