A WOOD AND LACQUER TRAVELLING SHRINE, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), the rectangular upright shrine lacquered on the exterior in roiro-nuri and fitted with a metal top ring and with the doors painted on the interiors with lotus on a gilt ground, the gilded inner section containing a wood figure of Nyorai on stepped lotus base, details gilded and fitted gilt-metal mandorla--6½ in. high

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A WOOD AND LACQUER TRAVELLING SHRINE, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), the rectangular upright shrine lacquered on the exterior in roiro-nuri and fitted with a metal top ring and with the doors painted on the interiors with lotus on a gilt ground, the gilded inner section containing a wood figure of Nyorai on stepped lotus base, details gilded and fitted gilt-metal mandorla--6½ in. high

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