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Okimono in the shape of a group of six singing people; late 19th century Meiji period, Japan. Carved figurines okimono depicting a courtesan with a small kamuro servant, a townswoman carrying a lantern, a wealthy merchant with a fan, a messenger with an oblong box, and a blind Buddhist monk with a shaved head leaning on a cane. Material: sculpture; style: Japanese Meiji; height 5.1 cm, width 5.2 cm, depth 4.5 cm., A small circular carved object in a pale ivory tone sits on a smooth gray surface against a dark gray background; the carving depicts a group of traditional figures arranged around the circle, each wearing detailed garments with incised patterns and hairstyles highlighted with darker brown shading, and one figure holds a cylindrical lantern-like object with carved ornamentation, while the base shows subtle age-darkened areas and the overall colors visible are ivory, dark brown, light gray, and dark gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A24_180

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (850.3Ko) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4499 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Okimono shape group six singing people late 19th century Meiji period Japan Carved figurines okimono depicting courtesan small kamuro servant townswoman carrying lantern wealthy merchant fan messenger oblong box blind Buddhist monk shaved head leaning cane Material sculpture style Japanese Meiji height 5.1 cm width 5.2 cm depth 4.5 cm small circular carved object pale ivory tone sits smooth gray surface dark gray background carving depicts traditional figures arranged circle wearing detailed garments incised patterns hairstyles highlighted darker brown shading figure holds cylindrical lantern- carved ornamentation base subtle age-darkened areas colors visible ivory dark brown light gray dark gray.