22nd Jul, 2011 10:00 GMT/BST

Summer Catalogue Sale

 
Lot 239
 

239

A Japanese Buddhist Portable Shrine, or Ksitigarbha, Edo period (18th/19th century), the...

A Japanese Buddhist Portable Shrine, or Ksitigarbha, Edo period (18th/19th century), the brown/black lacquered cylindrical section case with scroll carved shaped hinges and door plates, enclosing a carved wood standing figure of Jizo dressed in robes upon a lotiform stepped plateau, with dragon painted canopy, the inside of the doors painted with kwannon figures in colours, 17.8cm long

Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £400


 

Right hand door cracked. Some rubbing of gilding. One finger part loss on left hand. Jizo with slight flaking on the basal underside. Some small flakes and chips externally and scuffing. 070611

 


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Auction: Summer Catalogue Sale, 22nd Jul, 2011

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