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Buddhist figure
Sitting Rakan
Lost Art-ID
623038
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Japanese)
Title
Buddhist figure
Additional title
Sitting Rakan
Dating
1600/1700
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze) / gilded
Height
13.50 cm
Description
Angular skull; long ears; sitting on the ground: right foot and left hand (holding tea bowl) propped up; robe covers only right shoulder.
Provenance
Acquired in 1908 by Herbert Ginsberg in Kyoto, Japan; 1908 - at least end of 1929 Ostasiatica-Collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; after 1945 no longer in the possession of Herbert Ginsberg; circumstances of loss unknown - a loss as a result of Nazi persecution cannot be ruled out. Whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921, Abschnitt: Bronzen, 2. Figuren, Nr. 42.
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