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<p>[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 67090, member: 105"]It looks like Shunga is the word. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://mingeiarts.com/product/japanese-erotic-fantasy-inside-pottery-shell-shunga-edo-period/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mingeiarts.com/product/japanese-erotic-fantasy-inside-pottery-shell-shunga-edo-period/" rel="nofollow"><b>Shunga Japanese Erotic Fanasty inside a Pottery Shell</b></a></p><p><b>"</b><i>In Japan, these candidly sexual images are known as Shunga or images of spring. They are part the ukiyo-e genre of art that emerged in Edo-period Japan. The term ukiyo-e means ‘pictures of the floating world’ or ‘pictures of the world of pleasures’.</i><b>"</b></p><p><a href="http://mingeiarts.com/product/japanese-erotic-fantasy-inside-pottery-shell-shunga-edo-period/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mingeiarts.com/product/japanese-erotic-fantasy-inside-pottery-shell-shunga-edo-period/" rel="nofollow">http://mingeiarts.com/product/japanese-erotic-fantasy-inside-pottery-shell-shunga-edo-period/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There are carved, flip over Buddhas with the hidden "erotic" scene underneath, more similar to your figurine thing. But the shell is the only pottery item I can find. I don't know what your person is supposed to be...? With that fan, all I can think of is kabuki. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antique Chinese Buddha/Hidden Erotic Scene </b></p><p><a href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/20863530_antique-chinese-buddhahidden-erotic-scene" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/20863530_antique-chinese-buddhahidden-erotic-scene" rel="nofollow">https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/20863530_antique-chinese-buddhahidden-erotic-scene</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lot 315 - CHINESE FAUX IVORY EROTICA HOTEI BUDDHA FIGURE</b></p><p>Chinese faux ivory erotica seated Hotei Buddha erotica figure. Figure depicts a sad seated Hotei Buddha figure. Hidden underneath his robe a young couple can be seen.</p><p><a href="http://www.eliteauction.com/catalogues/031712/view.php?id=315" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eliteauction.com/catalogues/031712/view.php?id=315" rel="nofollow">http://www.eliteauction.com/catalogues/031712/view.php?id=315</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lauragarnet, post: 67090, member: 105"]It looks like Shunga is the word. [URL='http://mingeiarts.com/product/japanese-erotic-fantasy-inside-pottery-shell-shunga-edo-period/'][B]Shunga Japanese Erotic Fanasty inside a Pottery Shell[/B][/URL] [B]"[/B][I]In Japan, these candidly sexual images are known as Shunga or images of spring. They are part the ukiyo-e genre of art that emerged in Edo-period Japan. The term ukiyo-e means ‘pictures of the floating world’ or ‘pictures of the world of pleasures’.[/I][B]"[/B] [URL]http://mingeiarts.com/product/japanese-erotic-fantasy-inside-pottery-shell-shunga-edo-period/[/URL] There are carved, flip over Buddhas with the hidden "erotic" scene underneath, more similar to your figurine thing. But the shell is the only pottery item I can find. I don't know what your person is supposed to be...? With that fan, all I can think of is kabuki. [B]Antique Chinese Buddha/Hidden Erotic Scene [/B] [URL]https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/20863530_antique-chinese-buddhahidden-erotic-scene[/URL] [B]Lot 315 - CHINESE FAUX IVORY EROTICA HOTEI BUDDHA FIGURE[/B] Chinese faux ivory erotica seated Hotei Buddha erotica figure. Figure depicts a sad seated Hotei Buddha figure. Hidden underneath his robe a young couple can be seen. [URL]http://www.eliteauction.com/catalogues/031712/view.php?id=315[/URL][/QUOTE]
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