An ivory netsuke of Saigyô Hôshi admiring Mount Fuji. Early 19th century - image-1

Lot 306 Dα

An ivory netsuke of Saigyô Hôshi admiring Mount Fuji. Early 19th century

Auktion 1124 - Übersicht Köln
07.12.2018, 13:00 - Japan II - Rüstung, Schwertschmuck, Netsuke, Inro, Sagemono inkl. Slg. Papp II
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An ivory netsuke of Saigyô Hôshi admiring Mount Fuji. Early 19th century

Sitting with a bundle tied around his back, the priest-poet sits at the foot of Mount Fuji and looks up at its peak.
Height 2.6 cm; width 4.4 cm

Provenienz

Through Grete Damm, Munich, October 1982
Coll. no. 529 (handwritten)

Literaturhinweise

Franz Weber, Der Fujisan – Mount Fuji, in: Netsuke, Vol. 1, No. 1, (1966), p. 2, fig. 2