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Buddhist cult picture
Kakemono
Lost Art-ID
594084
Artist
Unknown (Japan)
Title
Buddhist cult picture
Additional title
Kakemono
Datierung
1400 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
colours, gold : silk / mounted, framed
Height
106.00 cm
Description
Goddess Benten (Sarasvati), the wife of Brahma, is dressed in rich princely costume. She sits on a rock and plays the biwa (short-necked lute).
Provenance
The statue was acquired by Ernst Grosse from the Hayashi Tadamasa Collection; at the beginning of the 20th century it passed into the Breuer Collection, Berlin; 1929 (ca.) Ostasiatica Collection Dr. A. Breuer, Berlin; 1929 (ca.) - 1942 Ostasiatica Collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; in 1942 large parts of the Ginsberg Collection in Rotterdam were confiscated by the Sicherheisdienst (SD); whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Wiedergutmachungsakte im Landesarchiv Berlin: LAB, B Rep. 025-02 Nr. 233/57; Auktionskat. Cassirer/Helbing, Berlin, 15. Mai 1929, Nr. 327
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