A JAPANESE, EDO PERIOD, LACQUERED AND PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A LEHAN, seated in a relaxed posture, his right hand raised in front of his breast, the left resting on his left knee, wearing many pleated double-garment covering both shoulders, the borders with raised gilded floral and geometric patterns, the face with angry expression, inlaid eyes, short nose, bold and pierced elongated earlobes, 18th Century
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A JAPANESE, EDO PERIOD, LACQUERED AND PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A LEHAN, seated in a relaxed posture, his right hand raised in front of his breast, the left resting on his left knee, wearing many pleated double-garment covering both shoulders, the borders with raised gilded floral and geometric patterns, the face with angry expression, inlaid eyes, short nose, bold and pierced elongated earlobes, 18th Century
53 cm high (some slight damage to colouring and right forefinger partly broken)
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