Netsuke "Sjoki", Masaharu, 2022
Also known as: Netsukė „Sjoki“, Masaharu, 2022
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
2022
Netsuke "Sjoki" is held by M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art (Lithuania), dated 2022, attributed to Masaharu. Description supplied by the holding institution: Small statuette depicting a man kneeling on one knee, carrying a sack on his back from which a demon's head protrudes.
Another demon, fallen from the bag, is behind the man's back. On the back of the statuette there are two holes for threading a cord. On the base of the netsuke there is an inscription: "Masaharu". The collection record gives material recorded as engraving; carving; ivory; measurements height: 33 mm. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- raižymas; drožinėjimas; dramblio kaulas
- Dimensions
- aukštis: 33 mm
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2021802/LIMIS_582816700
- Museum attribution
- Masaharu
- Museum object name
- Netsukė „Sjoki“
- Holding institution
- M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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