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Title

Figure of a man with a hen and a rooster (okimono)

19th century

Artist

Kyūichi

Japan

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Japan
    Period
    Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
    Date
    19th century
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    carved ivory, stained
    Dimensions
    6.0 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm
    Signature & date

    Signed base, in Japanese, ink [incised in form of a rectangle hanging from a branch] "Kyûichi". Not dated.

    Credit
    Bequest of Henry Albert Nathan 1941
    Location
    South Building, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries
    Accession number
    7159.23
    Copyright

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    Artist information
    Kyūichi

    Works in the collection

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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Japan

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 1 exhibition

    • Correspondence, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Sep 2022–2024

  • Provenance

    Albert Henry Nathan, pre 1940, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, bequeathed to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1941.