Boy with Puppy (c. 1800): Art, History and Details

Boy with Puppy (c. 1800) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This is a Saga doll, a type of doll thought to have originated in 16th-century Saga, outside of Kyoto. The colors and patterns of the doll’s robe resemble the fashion of the latter part of the Momoyama period (1573–1615). The doll is a nodder, with its head carved separately; when its head moves, its tongue sticks out.

Object facts

• Title: Boy with Puppy
• Date: c. 1800
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: wood with lacquer and color
• Dimensions: Overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1979.19

Collection credit

James Parmelee Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (March 1980): 58-99.

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