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Lot 1818

A GILT- AND BLACK-LACQUERED WOOD SHRINE WITH SENRYU KANNON

Estimated Value:

1.000 € - 1.500 €

Schätzpreis:

Description:

Japan, late Edo period
42,5 x18,5 x13,5 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a lotus base placed on a throne, both principle hands in anjalimudra, the other four with metal attributes and holding a bowl, wearing dhoti, mantle, bejewelled, his principle face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, inlaid urna at the forehead, his blue coloured hairdo showing various other faces and topped with a head of Amida Buddha and placed in a shrine with a pair of hinged doors.
European private collection, acquired prior to 1990
Traces of age, partly chipped