The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Boy with Puppy

Boy with Puppy

c. 1800
Overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

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.
  • ?–1979
    (Mallett at Bourdon House, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1979–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (March 1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 137, p. 92 www.jstor.org
  • Animals in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-December 10, 2023).
    Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 9-July 10, 2017).
    Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).
    Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1979.19