JAPANESE ALTAR IN LACQUER, EDO PERIOD (1603-1868)

Signature : n/a

Époque : 18th century

Matériaux : Lacquered wood, gold leaf, copper or brass.

Dimensions : l. 11.81 inch X H. 18.11 inch X P. 10.63 inch

Disponibilité : En Stock

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Portable altar in black lacquered wood, with two doors opening onto a representation of the Benzaïten Goddess, eight-armed guardian of Buddhist values. Represented in feminine features, she is known as one of the Seven Divinities of Good Fortune. Japan, Edo period (1603-1868) (on her head, behind the Shinto gate, is Ugajin, the serpent with the head of an old man, spirit of rice, water and food).

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