Japanese Antique Hirado Porcelain Netsuke Old Man Cane & Gourd
Chokaro Sennin
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Type: Katabori (Sculptural) Netsuke
Material: Porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Hirado ware, Japan. Unsigned, but this style is often marked Masakazu
Size: 2 5/8” (6.67 cm) tall
Weight: 0.7 oz (21 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Antique store, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 2024
Condition: Item is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Chip to rear of left foot. Some surface wear and staining. Some hairline cracks with no loss of material (possibly original to manufacture)
Subject: Porcelain netsuke of an old bearded man with his belly hanging out of his robe, holding a cane with a double gourd (hyotan) tied to the top, and wearing a hat or cape made of leaves, likely representing Chokaro Sennin (the Immortal Sage with a horse that springs out of his water gourd).
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Japanese Antique Hirado Porcelain Netsuke Old Man Cane & Gourd Chokaro Sennin
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Type: Katabori (Sculptural) Netsuke
Material: Porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Hirado ware, Japan. Unsigned, but this style is often marked Masakazu
Size: 2 5/8” (6.67 cm) tall
Weight: 0.7 oz (21 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Antique store, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 2024
Condition: Item is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Chip to rear of left foot. Some surface wear and staining. Some hairline cracks with no loss of material (possibly original to manufacture)
Subject: Porcelain netsuke of an old bearded man with his belly hanging out of his robe, holding a cane with a double gourd (hyotan) tied to the top, and wearing a hat or cape made of leaves, likely representing Chokaro Sennin (the Immortal Sage with a horse that springs out of his water gourd).
Location:
Japanese Antique Hirado Porcelain Netsuke Old Man Cane & Gourd Chokaro Sennin
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