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figures (ritual & belief: representations)
Bronze figure, okimono, of Hotei carrying aloft a fan in his right hand being pulled inside his own sack by a child, another child on a lid which fits in a small aperture at the top. This child is holding a drum(?) and may have also held a stick (now missing). Decorative gilt inlay motifs on exterior including a representation of pots on a three-legged stand symbolising fire, a lucky symbol and ot…
Type of item
- figures (ritual & belief: representations)
Type of item
- figures (ritual & belief: representations)
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Provenance
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
Identifier
- http://collections.horniman.ac.uk/objects/120195
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-11-18T11:01:56.007Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:51:35.429Z