DepartmentAsia
Bell in the form of Shichifukujin (The Seven Gods of Good Fortune): Fukurokuju
NameBell
CultureShinto
Datec. 1960
Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions3 3/8 × 1 15/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.6 × 5 × 5.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.4.81
Object numberA.1981.4.81
DescriptionMold made, painted brown, smiling, bald old man with elongated head. White hair at sides, eyebrows, moustache. Beard, teeth. Long ear lobes. Black cord at top of head. Slit at base.
Artist Not Recorded
ca 1960