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Finely carved in the shape of a Ni? or Kong?rikishi statue surrounded by ten workers with bowl and brushes, apparently painting the large statue.
Condition: small piece missing.
Footnote:
Ni? are a pair of protectors who commonly stand guard outside the temple gate at Japanese Buddhist temples, one on either side of the entrance. The open-mouth version is commonly placed to the right of the temple, the closed-mouth version to the left. In Japan, the gate itself is often called the Ni?-mon, meaning Ni? Gate.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)
Sizes: 11.00 cm. H
4.33 in. H