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Suiban or tray style flower arranging vase, in the form of a swimming duck. Of cast and cold-chiseled bronze.
Vase

Vase

Artist Tsuda Shinobu (Japanese, 1875 - 1946)
Date1929
Place of originJapan
MediumBronze
Dimensions6 1/2 x 20 1/8 x 11 7/8 in. (16.5 x 51.1 x 30.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Fund for Asian Art
Object number2013.42.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionSuiban or tray style flower arranging vase, in the form of a swimming duck. Of cast and cold-chiseled bronze.
Bibliography
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