Lot Essay
This deity is worshipped in Japan by devotees of Hokke-shu sect of Buddhism as 'The Deliverer'
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
A ROIRONURI GROUND GUNBAI (A MILITARY LEADER'S OR UMPIRE'S FAN) decorated in gold, silver and iroe hiramakie with three-headed Marishi Ten on a charging boar, the reverse with small roundels probably showing waxing and waning of the moon, engraved silver rim and gilt kashi-no-ha mon (slight old wear), unsigned, 19th century, with a brocade handle cover
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A ROIRONURI GROUND GUNBAI (A MILITARY LEADER'S OR UMPIRE'S FAN) decorated in gold, silver and iroe hiramakie with three-headed Marishi Ten on a charging boar, the reverse with small roundels probably showing waxing and waning of the moon, engraved silver rim and gilt kashi-no-ha mon (slight old wear), unsigned, 19th century, with a brocade handle cover
54.2cm. long
54.2cm. long