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Netsuke: a sennin
A polychrome glazed porcelain netsuke depicting Gama sennin, here standing, his mouth open and his constant companion, a toad - freely movable - in his sleeve. Gama sennin (Chin.: Hia-mo Sien-jen or Hamo Xienren) is a hermit from Chinese mythology who, with the help of what one might call 'toad magic', was able to exhale his spiritual being. This then left the body and roamed freely. Furthermore G…
Date
- 1800/1829
Medium
- Material: porcelain
- porcelain (material)
- Porcelain
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1800
- 1800/1829
Provenance
- 1883-01-01
- overdracht
Identifier
- RV-360-4178
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/608214
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- ambergris
Year
- 1800
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z