The tennin sits quietly on the floor. In both raised hands he holds the mouth organ. On his head sits a richly decorated diadem with pendants. The flattened back shows that the figure was attached to a shrine or a giant gloriole.
Provenance
Acquired by Ginsberg in 1909 from the firm Pergamenter, Berlin ; 1909 - 1942 Ostasiatica Collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; in 1942 large parts of the Ginsberg collection were confiscated in Rotterdam by the Sicherheitsdienst (SD); whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Wiedergutmachungsakte im Landesarchiv Berlin: LAB, B Rep. 025-02 Nr. 233/57; undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921
