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Untitled [Seated Japanese man]

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
sculpture
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.11
Description
Hotei (one of seven gods of Bliss) sits on the ground holding a basket with a smile on his roly poly face. Both hands are holding onto the basket and consequently folded across his chest. The colour of the figure is a very dark colour with hints of red-brown where the light hits it.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled [Seated Japanese man]
Date
n.d.
Medium
sculpture
Dimensions
8.5 x 10.7 cm
Description
Hotei (one of seven gods of Bliss) sits on the ground holding a basket with a smile on his roly poly face. Both hands are holding onto the basket and consequently folded across his chest. The colour of the figure is a very dark colour with hints of red-brown where the light hits it.
Subject
figure
male
Hotei
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.11
Images
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Untitled [Ceramic Horse-type Figure]

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.88
Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
ceramic; glaze
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.88
Description
A brown, two-headed horse-like figurine with a small figure in a saddle on the horse’s back. Lighter areas are visible where glaze was not applied. The head of the figure in the saddle appears to be chipped or broken. Blue patches of glaze can be seen all over. Symbols appear to have been marke…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled [Ceramic Horse-type Figure]
Date
n.d.
Medium
ceramic; glaze
Dimensions
11.0 x 9.5 x 4.0 cm
Description
A brown, two-headed horse-like figurine with a small figure in a saddle on the horse’s back. Lighter areas are visible where glaze was not applied. The head of the figure in the saddle appears to be chipped or broken. Blue patches of glaze can be seen all over. Symbols appear to have been marked on the horse prior to firing.
Subject
whimsy
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.88
Images
Less detail
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