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Sennin Tekkai naked
Netsuke
Lost Art-ID
600845
Artist
Unknown (Japan)
Title
Sennin Tekkai naked
Additional title
Netsuke
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Wood / carved
Height
9.00 cm
Description
Tekkai is standing on one foot, pulling up his right leg, leaning on a knotted stick, carrying the gourd under his arm; he is completely naked except for the leafy apron, which, like the completely beardless and hairless head, is stylised in a peculiar cubic form, as is the rest of his body.
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, Buddhismus, Nr. 46.
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