Japanese & Korean Works of Art - 20th May 2025
Lot 294
A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOOD FIGURES OF NIŌ (BUDDHIST GUARDIAN DEITIES)
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOOD FIGURES OF NIŌ (BUDDHIST GUARDIAN DEITIES)
PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY
60cm max. (2)
The wrathful figures standing on rocky outcrops, their robes gathered at the waist revealing their exaggerated musculature; their mouths open or closed to form the Buddhist incantations A and Un, one holding a rod; with areas later picked out in gilt paint.