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Netsuke of a Plum Sparrow

An ivory sparrow, a name carved on its underside, and an artist line the museum left blank.

Signed: Masanao. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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10 Netsuke of a Plum SparrowSigned: Masanao. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkJapan, late 18th century late 18th century Japan Story: Great Bull of CatalhoyukWall painting. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, AnkaraÇatalhöyük, Neolithic Neolithic Çatalhöyük Oracle of DelphiAttributed to the Kodros Painter. Antikensammlung BerlinAthens, 440–430 BC 440–430 BC Athens Owl of AthenaAthenian silver tetradrachm. The GettyAthens, ca. 475–465 BC ca. 475–465 BC Athens