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A BLACK-LACQUER ZUSHI (PORTABLE
BUDDHIST SHRINE)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The slender shrine with double hinged doors
and containing a sculpture of the bodhisattva
Kannon seated before a reticulated nimbus
and supported by a multi-registered lotus
and cloud pedestal decorated in gilt, the
deity adorned with gilt-metal jewelry, the
canopy supported by two columns and
decorated with hanging garlands and keman,
the gilt-bronze hardware carved with foliate
1212 scrolls, the top fitted with a suspension ring
6 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2in (15.8 x 8.2 x 6.3cm)
(closed)
US$1,500 - 2,500
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A BLACK-LACQUER ZUSHI (PORTABLE
BUDDHIST SHRINE)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The case lacquered black with double
doors opening to reveal an Amida triad all
supported by lotus pedestals and decorated
in pigments and gilt, the surrounding canopy
painted with phoenix, clouds and foliate
scroll and the base with floral lozenges, the
interior of the doors with lotus blossoms
against a gilt ground, gilt-bronze hardware
carved with floral scrolls, the exterior reverse
with a long inscription in red lacquer praising
the Buddhist faith
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4in (13.9 x 10.8 x 6.9cm)
1213
US$1,500 - 2,500

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A LARGE BLACK-LACQUER ZUSHI
(PORTABLE BUDDHIST SHRINE)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The tall case of lenticular section with double
doors and housing a seated polychromed
and gilt-wood figure of Aizen Myo-o
(Ragaraja) holding a vajra, his other hands
held in mudra or positioned to hold now-
missing attributes, the deity’s face with
the mouth open in a fierce expression and
crowned by a shishi headdress and seated
on a lotus pedestal before an oval nimbus
painted with gilt flames on a red ground,
the figure framed by pillars supporting roof
brackets, interior gold lacquer
16in (40.7cm) high overall

US$3,000 - 5,000

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