Miniature art N 1

While photographing a concert, I   saw a collection og miniature  statuettes donated to the concert hall lobbia .it looks like a chinese  art,but reading the explanation I have found out it is an early 19th century Japanese art . It has  two names: Netsuke  and Okimono. They are very small and are  created with different materias,some of them are decorating the Kimono belts ,

I liked the art and photographed some of them.

I hope you the viewer will like the beautiful art. Thanks and a links...

 http://www.jcollector.com/Okimono-s/108.htm

http://silver-lotus.hubpages.com/hub/Netsuke

Thanks. Please read preface.

Beautiful !

Regards,

Mário

Charming! There is pleasing subtlety in your processing of it. In other hands it would have been sharpened and lost its delicate beauty.

I read your intro. However, the image has your signature - for me it's one of your fantastic 'stage shots'...in the broadest sense of course. Compliments

This is a beauty, Pnina. I got interested in Netsuke long before I came to Japan and actually bought one years ago which I had for quite a while but eventually gave to my girlfriend. The detail on these carvings, the intricate sense of design, is amazing. Usually they were carved out of ivory or whale bone. It's nearly impossible to find this level of precision artistry today. It's an art form that seems to have completely vanished here in Japan.

Pnina, in both of these you've managed to show us the beautiful, intricate details of the carving. This one particularly, when viewed large the pattern and weave of the garments is perfect. The cool tones of the background and it's softness really makes a nice setting for this. And as El pointed out, it does have a quality that feels like one of your theatre pieces. 

 Mario, thanks!

Rajat  and El, thanks, I appreciate your feedback ,Very nicely written.

Jack, I fell in love with  the beauty of this small, VERY beautiful details statuettes.  The collection is quite large maybe more than there is in Japan nowadays ( according to your explanation) See the next one...;-))

Tony, tahnks as well,it was very hard to overcome the lighting of the big glass box they were presented at , I'm glad you have reffered to that !

 

Thanks again to all of you.