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Okimono in the shape of a group of six singing people; material: sculpture; style/culture: Japanese, Meiji period late 19th century; subject: six figures— a courtesan with a small kamuro servant, a townswoman carrying a lantern, a wealthy merchant with a fan, a messenger holding an oblong box, and a blind Buddhist monk with a shaved head leaning on a cane; type: figurines/okimono; maker:, dimensions: height 5.1 cm, width 5.2 cm, depth 4.5 cm., A small carved ivory group showing a few figures arranged in a circle on a rounded base, each figure wearing flowing garments with carved folds and patterned details; the front figure holds a folding fan and has a smooth, pale ivory face with dark carved hair, while another figure beside them has a similarly pale face and an elaborate coiffure with darker hair tones and holds a cylindrical object; additional figures around the back show shaven and smooth heads and robes with vertical carved lines; the object rests on a neutral gray surface against a dark gray background, and the visible colors are shades of ivory, cream, pale yellow, darker brown in hair details, and gray in the surface and backdrop.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A24_179

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (815.4Ko) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4499 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Okimono shape group six singing people material sculpture style culture Japanese Meiji period late 19th century subject six figures courtesan small kamuro servant townswoman carrying lantern wealthy merchant fan messenger holding oblong box blind Buddhist monk shaved head leaning cane type figurines okimono maker dimensions height 5.1 cm width 5.2 cm depth 4.5 cm small carved ivory group showing figures arranged circle rounded base figure wearing flowing garments carved folds patterned details front figure holds folding fan smooth pale ivory face dark hair another figure beside them similarly pale face elaborate coiffure darker hair tones holds cylindrical object additional figures back shaven smooth heads robes vertical lines object rests neutral gray surface dark gray background visible colors shades ivory cream pale yellow darker brown hair details gray surface backdrop.