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Shoki
Kagamibuta
Lost Art-ID
600861
Artist
Unknown (Japan)
Title
Shoki
Additional title
Kagamibuta
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Bamboo ; Metal / engraved
Description
Button border of bamboo; inserted metal plate of silver; on it in sunken relief and engraving, imitating the bold brushstrokes of a Chinese ink painting; Shoki in winged helmet with ruffled hair and beard, raising the mighty sword to thrust.
Provenance
Acquired in 1908 by Herbert Ginsberg in Japan from the Vautier Collection; 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. 62.
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