Porcelain brush rest in the form of three Chinese boys with a snowball. Japan, Edo period, 1800-1830 [1466×1600]
by MunakataSennin
Porcelain brush rest in the form of three Chinese boys with a snowball. Japan, Edo period, 1800-1830 [1466×1600]
by MunakataSennin
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[Museum](https://art.thewalters.org/object/49.917/)
The tongue sticking out on boy #1 is adorable but the teeth on boy #2 make me uneasy. None of them look entirely human but the link doesn’t explain why. Anyone know what the figures represent, maybe corrupted innocence?