A large and unusual walrus tusk near-manjû of Yôkô. 19th century - image-1

Lot 273 D‡α

A large and unusual walrus tusk near-manjû of Yôkô. 19th century

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07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Rüstung, Schwertschmuck, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono inkl. Slg. Papp II
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A large and unusual walrus tusk near-manjû of Yôkô. 19th century

Carved partly in openwork with a fierce tiger attacking Yôkô on one side and an old man sitting by a rock with a teapot on the other. The eye pupil of the tiger inlaid in metal.
Width 4.9 cm

This is one of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety. Yôkô threw himself at the tiger thereby enabling the old man to flee, the son on the other hand was devoured by the tiger.

Provenienz

Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, 14.9.1985
Coll. no. 484 (printed and handwritten)