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FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE 20TH CENTURY
Lot 36:
A lacquered wood Figure of a Divine General Anila (Anira Taisho)
Nanbokucho – Muromachi period (14th – 15th century)
The guardian figure carved from cypress wood in the joined-wood technique (yosegi) as one of the Junishinsho, the Twelve Divine Generals serving Bhaishajyaguru (Yakushi Nyorai), the Buddha of Healing, shown in Chinese armor standing in a frontal pose on a lichen-studded rock base, with one arm raised to hold a staff (missing).
H: 27 in., (68.5 cm.) W: 11 in., (28 cm.) Depth: 9 in., (23 cm.)
Condition: Please refer to the images provided.
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