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AN IVORY NETSUKE OF KANZAN WITH A SCROLL
Kanzan was a hermit who lived on a lonely mountain in China and wrote poems, of which around 300 are known today. Jittoku was his companion who worked in the monastery kitchen. Both are easily recognizable, with a boy-like appearance like in this netsuke, which shows only Kanzan reading from a scroll. They have both become Daoist saints due to their experience of the true nature of things. A very cohesive, well-rounded figural composition, with spots of honey patina. Large and good himotoshi through the back and on the underside.
- Category:
- Netsuke
- Subcategory:
- -
- Subject:
- Figural
- Material:
- Ivory
- Age/Country:
- 19th Century
- Artist:
- -
- Provenance/Owner:
- Galerie Zacke
- Signed:
- unsigned
- Type:
- Katabori
- Height:
- 46mm mm
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- ID number:
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