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Miniature Thatched House with Tree and Two Figures

Miniature Thatched House with Tree and Two Figures

Artist/Maker (Japanese, active late 19th century)
Datelate 19th century
MediumIvory
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3 3/8 in. (14 × 19.1 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charles F. and Abigail L. Olney
Object number1904.74
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceCharles F. Olney [1831-1903], Cleveland, OH; by inheritance 1903 to Abigail L. Olney [d. 1904], Cleveland, OH; by bequest 1904 to Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; by transfer 1917 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Charles F. Olney and the Collecting of Curiosities
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 8, 1996 - September 25, 1996 )
Meiji Japanese Prints: Images from a Changing World
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 11, 1997 - January 11, 1998 )
Chinese and Japanese Art from Antiquity to the Present
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
The Enchantment of the Everyday: East Asian Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 9, 2019 - September 3, 2021 )
Collections
  • Asian
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