A GILT- AND POLYCHROME-WOOD FIGURE OF SENNIN

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Japan, Edo period
H. 43 cm
Seated in lalitasana on a separate carved throne with his left foot resting on a small pedestal, his right hand clasped in front of his chest originally holding an attribute while the left is resting on his lap, wearing various garments, including a wide-sleeved mantle, all finely decorated with various musters, his elderly face displaying a severe expression with inlaid open eyes below arched eyebrows, wrinkled forehead, mustache and beard framing his open mouth, his head covered with a cloth secured with a ribbon, placed on an elaborate throne consisting of a rectangular tiered pedestal supporting a high back plate carved as a pavilion set with a pair of columns supporting a horizontal beam surmounted by the roof construction topped with a an apsara, all finely worked out and painted in various colors and gilding.
Collection of Prof. Dr Hermann Schröder (1902-1991), Aachen, and expanded by his family - Partially traces of age and chipped, minor rest.

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