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19c netsuke RAKAN disciple of Buddha browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900: item # 1170300
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| 19th century kagamibuta (mirror lid) netsuke. Iron (material notoriously difficult to work with) plate with raised design of a rakan’s head with gilding and inlays. Rakans are a group of 16 (sometimes the number is 18) immediate disciples of the historical Buddha. Characteristic bushy eyebrows and elongated earlobes. Excellent design, fantastic quality detailing - the inlaid brass earring, eyes are double inlaid with silver and bronze. Beautifully turned wooden bowl with textured surface and inlaid floriform ivory himotoshi, great patina. Disc diameter 1 3/8 inches, bowl diameter 1 5/8 inches. | ||
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