A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD PORTABLE SHRINE

A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD ZUSHI (PORTABLE SHRINE)
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Of typical shape, the doors with elaborate copper mounts opening to reveal Amida Nyorai (Buddha Amitabha), the figure depicted standing before a lotus mandorla, with his hands in a mudra representing one of the nine levels of rebirth, kubon; signed underneath the feet Nakagawa Keiryū no saku (made by Nakagawa Keiryū), raised on an elaborate tiered throne with carved lotus flowers visible through an aperture, the lower section painted with a ho-o bird in flight, inscribed Honzon Kara byakudan (figure of worship in Chinese sandalwood) underneath; the doors embellished with elaborate depictions of rakan on rocky outcrops and amongst swirling waves, all painted in polychrome on a rich gold ground; 37cm. (5)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent.

十九世紀 日本金漆加彩佛龕
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。