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928 - Cake bowl
Japan

Japan

DATE 1890 - 1910
AUTHOR Unknown artist - Japan
MEDIA Imari ceramic with gold applications
SIZE 8,3 x 21,6 cm (3" 1/4 x 8" 1/2)
LOCATION Private collection
NOTES This is a great Imari bowl depicted with 2 theater masks in the center representing Okame and Tengu. The long-nosed Tengu is a phallic symbol and the chubby-faced Okame is a vagina symbol.
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