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Tanuki fox type
Netsuke
Lost Art-ID
600919
Artist
Unknown (Japan)
Title
Tanuki fox type
Additional title
Netsuke
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Wood / carved
Height
5.00 cm
Description
Tanuki (fox type) stands upright; he is completely wrapped in a lotus leaf, like in a kimono; the right paw holds the "robe" closed at the bottom; the head is covered by a lotus leaf; signed.
Provenance
Acquired in 1908 by Herbert Ginsberg in Japan; 1908 to 1942 Ostasiatica Collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; confiscated by the SD in Rotterdam in 1942.
Literature / Source
Undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921, Abschnitt Netsuke und Okimono, Tiere, Nr. 121.
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