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Hotei & Children

$2,800.00

Item #

#12048

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Good

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Edo Period ca 1850

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Ink on paper

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Japanese

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image 33-3/4" x 13" (86 x 33 cm); overall 67" x 20-1/8" (170 x 51 cm)

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Scroll

Price

$2,800.00

A Kano school painting of Hotei, the god of wealth. He is shown bringing cintamani jewels out of his treasure bag as children watch. The cintamani jewel, being the symbol of the spirit burnt away of all attachment, is the fine treasure that Hotei is showing the boys.

人物。江户(1850)。水墨立轴。质良。财神与儿童分享他的财宝。

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