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An ivory netsuke
18th/19th Century
Depicting Komei the famous Chinese sage and later General who was visited by Emperor Gentoku who waited for six hours for Komei to finish his reading
5.3 cm. high
18th/19th Century
Depicting Komei the famous Chinese sage and later General who was visited by Emperor Gentoku who waited for six hours for Komei to finish his reading
5.3 cm. high
Provenance
Ex Collection Joly.
Ex Collection Meinertzhagen.
Ex Collection Meinertzhagen.
Literature
Illustrated in Henri L. Joly, Legend in Japanese Art, London, p. 253; and in V.-F. Weber, Hoji Hoten, Dictionnaire à l'usage des Amateurs et Collectionneurs d'Objets d'Art Japonais et Chinois, Paris, 1923, p. XXX4-2.
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