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A LARGE KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD OKIMONO
OF HOTEI ON HIS SACK
By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th century 黒柿彫置物 袋に座る布袋 銘 「広陵住五鳳」 18世紀後期/19世
Carved in two parts, the chubby, smiling god holding a rolled hand scroll 紀前期
aloft with one hand and a large fan with the other, seated on his large
sack of treasure, the neck of which is tied at the front, signed on the top Published:
of the sack Koryo no ju Goho (Goho, resident in Koryo). Rokusho 20, p.87, no.129.
38.8cm (15¼in). Earle, Huthart, p.176, no.152.

£3,000 - 3,500
JPY440,000 - 510,000
US$3,900 - 4,600

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