Hippopotamus tooth, delicately carved, engraved, and darkly accentuated with beautifully glazed patina. The bearded Sennin, of Chinese origin, as an old smiling man sitting in a pot decorated with a dragon coming from the inside, the gourd, in which Kok?'s remains were found, hanging from his belt. H.3.5cm. Signed: Shugyoku on rectangular reserve, cf. MCI p. 769, without information, likewise LA. Condition A.
Provenance: -Old collection no. 120.
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