A GILT-, BLACK-LACQUERED AND POLYCHROME WOOD SHRINE

Description:

Japan, Meiji-Periode
43 x 17 x 12,8 cm
The shrine with a pair of mounted hinged doors showing the central placed eleven headed Kannon standing on a lotus base placed on a throne with his principle hands in anjalimudra while the others radiate around his body, wearing dhoti, mantle, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes and his blue coloured hairdo set with the other heads.
Old German private collection, assembled before 2007 - Minor damages due to age, repairs