SHOUNSAI: COURTESAN KIMI ON AN ELEPHANT
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Netsuke, ivory. Japan, 1st half 19th cent.
Compact and finely crafted work in all details, a very good miniature sculpture. Kimi was a prostitute in the village Eguchi, her full name is therefore Eguchi no Kimi. Because she industriously studied Buddhist sutras – the netsuke shows it – she became over time the incarnation of Fugen Bosatsu, the bodhisattva Samantabhadra, whose mount is the elephant. Fine facial features, the elephant looks very pleased with Kimi. On back is a long hair braid, patina, himotoshi below and black colored signature SHO-UN-SAI 什 雲 齋 . The artist is Shounsai Joryu from Tokyo.
HEIGHT 3,9 CM, WIDTH 4,5 CM
From a German private collection
Compact and finely crafted work in all details, a very good miniature sculpture. Kimi was a prostitute in the village Eguchi, her full name is therefore Eguchi no Kimi. Because she industriously studied Buddhist sutras – the netsuke shows it – she became over time the incarnation of Fugen Bosatsu, the bodhisattva Samantabhadra, whose mount is the elephant. Fine facial features, the elephant looks very pleased with Kimi. On back is a long hair braid, patina, himotoshi below and black colored signature SHO-UN-SAI 什 雲 齋 . The artist is Shounsai Joryu from Tokyo.
HEIGHT 3,9 CM, WIDTH 4,5 CM
From a German private collection
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SHOUNSAI: COURTESAN KIMI ON AN ELEPHANT
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