Discover tiny Japanese netsuke sculptures and shape your own with Teaching Artist Katie Lipsitt.

Artworks in focus: Sleeping Cat, mid to late-19th century by Masatsugu Kaigyokusai

Dog, mid-19th century by Artist Unknown

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