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This is a #netsuke; a fastener for an #inro which is a detachable pocket used in Japan from #16CE. This carved netsuke shows the mythical #KingSojobo teaching the #Samurai Minamoto no Yoshitsune in #12CE. Sōjōbō rules over the #tengu spirits from #Shinto belief who take the forms of birds & monkeys. This may be why Sōjōbō & his student appear to be in an eggshell.
In Source: Egg Netsuke
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#Biblical & #Classical stories are often subjects of #EuropeanArt and these #16CE #Maiolica plates, tin-glazed earthen ware, are no exception. The largest plate depicts the #GreekRomanMyth of Diana and Actaeon in which the goddess of hunting turns Actaeon into a deer after he spies her naked. His hounds then hunt & kill him as they do not recognise their master.
In Source: Italian Maiolica
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