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PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTOR

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A LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AN ONI
Edo period (19th century)
Portrayed as Oni-no-nenbutsu, the dark-colored demon in the guise
of an itinerant priest reciting nenbutsu (ritual recitation of the name
of Amida Buddha) as he solicits funds for a temple, an oi (priest’s
traveling pack) strapped to his back and an account book suspended
from his left hand, his horned head with a slightly humorous
expression, with inlaid crystal eyes; attached to a base fashioned as a
rocky outcropping scattered with lichen
With a wooden storage box
14 3/8in (36.5cm) height overall
$3,500 - 4,500

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