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Japanese Buddhist Monk Figure: Kobo Daishi browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Devotional Objects: Pre 1930: item # 360477 Please refer to our stock # 9-089A10 when inquiring.
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This polychromed clay figure seated on a brightly-colored pedestal in a lacquered chair represents the Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi (774-835). Early 20th century. The figure wears traditional brown and saffron colored Buddhist robes. He holds a Buddhist rosary in his left hand and a vajra (mace with four prongs symbolizing a thunderbolt) in his right hand. He sits on a black lacquered wood chair decorated in gold and the typical red, white, green and blue along the edges of the pedestal. His shoes are placed underneath the front of the chair. Kobo Daishi is one of the most venerated figures of early Japanese Buddhism. He was the founder of the Shingon (True Word) sect of Buddhism, as well as a philosopher, poet, educational reformer, painter and calligrapher. CONDITION is very good, with only a little surface dust and dirt and a thin crack on the gold lacquer skirt of the chair. DIMENSIONS: 7” (17.8 cm) high, 5 ½” (14 cm) wide, 4 ¼” (10.8 cm) deep. IF YOU ARE CHECKING OUT THIS ITEM AT AUCTION, WE INVITE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER JAPANESE AND CHINESE ANTIQUES ITEMS LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE AT www.BandCantiques.com. |
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