Description A GLAZED CERAMIC FIGURE, 19th CENTURYJapan, Edo period (1615-1868). The small figure molded seated and holding various objects, covered with a pale celadon glaze stopping irregularly above the lower body, exposing the buff ware. The underside with a collector's label 'J.W.N. v. Achterbergh, Amstelveen'.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws.Provenance: The J.W.N. van Achterbergh collection. Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands, acquired from the above. J.W.N. van Achterbergh was an important collector, expert, and patron of Dutch post-war ceramics. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.Weight: 210 gDimensions: Height 7.5 cm