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LATE KAMAKURA-EARLY NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY)
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A WOOD SCULPTURE OF KOMAINU (LION-DOG)
LATE KAMAKURA-EARLY NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY)
Carved from wood in single-block technique (ichiboku-zukuri) as a un-shape lion-dog sitting, the legs rigid and mouth partially open showing teeth, very pronounced backbone
27 in. (68.6 cm.) tall
LATE KAMAKURA-EARLY NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY)
Carved from wood in single-block technique (ichiboku-zukuri) as a un-shape lion-dog sitting, the legs rigid and mouth partially open showing teeth, very pronounced backbone
27 in. (68.6 cm.) tall
Provenance
Nicholas Grindley, London
Odile Cavendish, London
Yvonne Moreau-Gobard, Paris
Nicholas Grindley, London
Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey, Hong Kong
Odile Cavendish, London
Yvonne Moreau-Gobard, Paris
Nicholas Grindley, London
Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey, Hong Kong
Literature
Orientations, vol. 21 no. 4 (Hong Kong: Orientations Magazine Ltd.,1990). Trade advertisement for Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey.
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