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Composition with Four Children

Creation date: ca. 1900

Creation place: Japan

Other Information

Type: Ivory Sculpture

Medium and Support: Ivory

Credit Line: Bequest of Rose Adele Palmer

Accession Number: 1982.39.1-4

Dimensions: 6 5/8 in. x 17 5/8 in. x 3 1/2 in. (16.83 cm x 44.77 cm x 8.89 cm)

Currently on view

Provenance

Rose Adele Palmer, San Diego, California ( - 1982)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (1982 - )

Label Copy

November 2004
Past In Reverse: Contemporary Art from East Asia [Historical section]
Ivory was popularly viewed in both China and Japan as a precious and exotic material, imported from the West. This example is carved with subjects from daily life that would have held popular appeal: four spirited children and a friendly, if slightly eccentric, vendor of baskets. The theme of the peddler accosted by eager children dates back at least to the eleventh century in a famous academic painting of the Song dynasty. This theme is consciously revived by Wang Qingsong in his Knickknack Peddler, where he includes modern toys and shiny plastics designed to be irresistible to children.
Last Updated: 4/4/2005

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Asia Crossroads Rotation , 8/1/2002 - 8/1/2003

Art of East Asia San Diego Museum of Art , 2/3/2013 - 8/1/2013

Art of East Asia: Japan The San Diego Museum of Art , 8/24/2018 - 00/00/00

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