LOT 1401 AN UNUSUAL WOOD NETSUKE OF A CHINESE SARUMAWASHI (MONKEY TRA...
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Description AN UNUSUAL WOOD NETSUKE OF A CHINESE SARUMAWASHI (MONKEY TRAINER)UnsignedJapan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Expressively and boldly carved as a standing monkey trainer holding a bamboo cane on which a mischievous monkey is clambering, the sarumawashi with a joyful expression, grooming his long beard, and quite unusually dressed in Chinese robes. The well-toned wood bearing a fine, dark patina. Large, generously excavated himotoshi through the back.HEIGHT 9.1 cmCondition: Good, worn condition. Few losses and old chips.Provenance: The Strong National Museum of Play, accession number 78.9810 (lacquered to back). Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969) grew up in a prosperous family of collectors. Her interests ranged so widely that by 1960 she had amassed more than 27,000 collectible items and works of art. The vast majority of her collections related in some way to play and as her accumulation grew, Margaret planned a museum to house her collection. It eventually opened to the public in 1982, and grew dramatically over the following decades, expanding its collections, facilities, and resources, now spanning over 285,000 square feet. Today, the Strong National Museum of Play (known as just The Strong Museum or simply The Strong) is the only collections-based museum in the world devoted solely to the study of play.
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