A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD STANDING FIGURE OF SHOTOKU TAISHI
A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD STANDING FIGURE OF SHOTOKU TAISHI
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A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD STANDING FIGURE OF SHOTOKU TAISHI

JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD STANDING FIGURE OF SHOTOKU TAISHI
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The figure standing in folded red robes, his hands together in front of his chest
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Barling of Mount Street, London, 4 October 1984.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

Lot Essay

See Zwalf, W. (ed.), Buddhism, Art and Faith, (British Museum, London), no. 366 for an illustration of a similar figure.
A similar example is at the Harvard Museums of Art, Gift of Walter C. Sedgwick, in memory of Ellery Sedwick Sr. and Ellery Sedgwick Jr., (2019.122). A slightly larger example was sold at Christie's London 17 November 1998, lot 117.

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