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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SAIUNSAI
Modelled in the form of two sculptors etching the final cloud patterns on the robes of a large figure of a Nio (temple guardian), details etched and stained black, signed on the underside of the robes, himotoshi at the back--2 in. (5.2 cm.) high
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SAIUNSAI
Modelled in the form of two sculptors etching the final cloud patterns on the robes of a large figure of a Nio (temple guardian), details etched and stained black, signed on the underside of the robes, himotoshi at the back--2 in. (5.2 cm.) high