Portrait statuette of Kobo Daishi on a black lacquered chair; seated; wearing Buddhist priestly robes; holding a priestly staff (goko) in his right hand; shoes under the chair.
Provenance
Acquired in 1909 by Herbert Ginsberg from the company R. Wagner, Berlin; 1909 - 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: Skulpturen aus Holz - Stein - Ton, Nr. 8.
