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AN IMPRESSIVE AND MASSIVE PAIR OF LARGE GILT-LACQUER WOOD FIGURES DEPICTING KANZAN AND JITTOKU, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Lot 157 - JPN0625
Japan, 17th-18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Finely carved and painted in gilt and polychrome lacquer, one figure with the hands pointing to the other, the second with hands open and a playful expression. Each dressed in Chinese robes painted with hems of scrolling vines issuing lotus blossoms, one decorated to the front with two emblems depicting dragons, the other with two shishi roundels. The eyes painted behind crystal inlays, the black hair flowing along the back, and the lips accentuated in red. An old label pasted to the lower section of the robe to one figure ‘polychrome carved wood figures of Hehe Shen’.
HEIGHT 90 cm (each including the base)
WEIGHT 7.8 kg and 9.9 kg
Condition: Good condition with little wear, flaking and rubbing to lacquer, small losses, expected age cracks, old repairs and touchups.
The two immortals are rather unusual as they are not holding their typical attributes, the broom and scroll, which are often shown in Japanese illustrations. However, their joyous expressions and playful pose as well as their Chinese-style robes reveal the subject.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related wood figure of Jizo Bosatsu, 66 cm high, also dated 17th-18th century, Edo period, at Christie’s, 29 March 2023, New York, lot 2 (sold for USD 13,860). Compare a related wood figure of Kichijoten, 99 cm high, dated 18th century, Edo period, at Christie’s New York, 24 March 2010, lot 595 (sold for USD 10,000 or approx. EUR 13,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).
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