Giovanni Bottero

日本限定アートオークション

英雄はときん帽をかぶり、山伏の衣装をまとい、大きな貝殻の中に身をはめ、貝笛（ホラガイ）を吹きつつ軍配を握っている。山伏は真言密教の山岳修行僧で、貝を用いて山野の動きを伝えるために使っていた。

Dimensions: 
netsuke: 6 x 4,5 cm

年齢相応の状態を良好とみなせるが、 agingに伴う使用感、跡、傷、擦れなどの痕跡あり；状態については写真をご覧ください。

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The hero dressed as a Yamabushi priest with tokin cap, nestled inside a large conch shell and blowing a small conch horn (horagai) whilst holding a gunbai. The yamabushi were renegade mountain priests of the Shingon Tantric Buddhist sect, who used the conch to communicate their movements in the mountain wilderness.

Dimensions: 
netsuke: 6 x 4,5 cm


Good condition considering its age, signs of wear from age and normal use, marks, scratches, rubbing;  for condition, please, take a look at pictures.

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ホラガイをモチーフにしたベンケイの根付、極上品 - Wood - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

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