Details
A large Japanese lacquered and giltwood model of a standing Chinese warrior, Wei T'o
wearing a helmet and chainmail armour, the hands held together in front, the details polychrome, on a raised black and gold lacquer quatrefoil stand decorated with flowersprays -- 38.in (97.8cm) high, 19th Century, (tip of helmet missing, chips and cracks).
See Colour Plate 6.
The figure was made by a Chinese craftsman living in a Japanese Buddhist community.
wearing a helmet and chainmail armour, the hands held together in front, the details polychrome, on a raised black and gold lacquer quatrefoil stand decorated with flowersprays -- 38.in (97.8cm) high, 19th Century, (tip of helmet missing, chips and cracks).
See Colour Plate 6.
The figure was made by a Chinese craftsman living in a Japanese Buddhist community.