Netsuke in the form of a standing foreigner with halberd
anonymous
ca. 1700 - ca. 1800
Medium
ivory
Dimensions
11.3; 2.8; 1.5
About this artwork
On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...