A GILT- AND BLACK-LACQUERED WOOD SHRINE

Description:

Japan, Edo period
H. 30 cm, B. 25,5 cm
The shrine shows two Buddha figures seated with legs crossed on a separate carved lotus base placed on a large lotus dais set on a hexagonal throne flanking a small inscribed shrine, both with the hands raised in front of their chest in the anjalimudra, wearing monastic garment including wide-sleeved mantle draped around both shoulders, their faces displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, elongated earlobes, their curled hair continuing into the ushnisha and both Budddha’s and miniature shrine with a flaming nimbus behind.
From an old German private collection, acquired prior to 2007 - Traces of age, slightly chipped, minor rep.