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In the tea room
Kagamibuta
Lost Art-ID
600933
Artist
Unknown (Japan)
Title
In the tea room
Additional title
Kagamibuta
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Wood ; Metal (Shibuishi) ; Metal (Gold) / engraved
Description
Ivory button border; inset metal mirror shibuishi; on it, in raised and recessed relief with gold inlay, a tea drinker enjoying the bowl in his tea hut (sukya), the kettle humming over the fire; 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, Bürgerliche Berufe, Utensilien, Nr. 135.
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