Portrait of a Chinese sage on a surface imitating a bamboo knot

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.391.1
Type: bone objects; object for daily use; statuette
Date of production:
19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Signed: Unsigned.
Materials/Techniques: ivory
Dimensions: height: 4.4 cm
Purchased at the Oppenheimer auction, Munich, 1913. (HMI_227/1953)



Published in Cseh, Éva, Netsuke: Japanese miniature carvings. Budapest, Hopp Ferenc Kelet-Ázsiai Müvészeti Múzeum, 2001, 23.