Object
name: netsuke
Title: Shōki (exorcist) with his sword in his back
Production:
execution: anonymous, Japan, 2nd half of the 19th century
design: Kinryūsai 琴流斎
Period/Style/School: Edo period (1603-1868) to Meiji period (1868-1912)
Material: ivory <material>
Measurements:
height: 4.8 cm
Inventory number: PL 808
Acquisition: donation (1948)
Description: katabori 形彫, bez.: Kinryūsai 琴流斎 Darstellung eines Shoki 鍾馗 (ein Dämonenjäger) mit Schwert auf dem Rücken im Kampf gegen einen oni 鬼 (Dämon). Representation of a Shoki (a demon queller) with his sword in his back fighting against an oni (demon).
Department: Asia Collection
Collection: Asia collection, sculpture collection, Exner collection
Title: Shōki (exorcist) with his sword in his back
Production:
execution: anonymous, Japan, 2nd half of the 19th century
design: Kinryūsai 琴流斎
Period/Style/School: Edo period (1603-1868) to Meiji period (1868-1912)
Material: ivory <material>
Measurements:
height: 4.8 cm
Inventory number: PL 808
Acquisition: donation (1948)
Description: katabori 形彫, bez.: Kinryūsai 琴流斎 Darstellung eines Shoki 鍾馗 (ein Dämonenjäger) mit Schwert auf dem Rücken im Kampf gegen einen oni 鬼 (Dämon). Representation of a Shoki (a demon queller) with his sword in his back fighting against an oni (demon).
Department: Asia Collection
Collection: Asia collection, sculpture collection, Exner collection
