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Man with toothpick
Netsuke
Lost Art-ID
600938
Artist
Unknown (Japan)
Title
Man with toothpick
Additional title
Netsuke
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Wood / carved
Height
3.50 cm
Description
Sitting man with his mouth wide open, apparently trying to remove a piece of food from between his teeth with his tongue; just in case, his left hand is holding a toothpick.
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, Bürgerliche Berufe, Utensilien, Nr. 140.
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