‡A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOOD KOMAINU (SHINTO LION-DOGS) each expressively carved seated on their haunches, one with curled mane and one with straight, their mouths carved to articulate the mantra syllables um and ah respectively, highlighted in coloured pigment and gilt 49cm and 54cm respectively
‡A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOOD KOMAINU (SHINTO LION-DOGS) each expressively carved seated on their haunches, one with curled mane and one with straight, their mouths carved to articulate the mantra syllables um and ah respectively, highlighted in coloured pigment and gilt 49cm and 54cm respectively
Auction: Decorative Works of Art, 2nd Jun, 2015