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Height: 52.5 cm
Width: 38 cm
Depth: 18 cm
Packaged weight: 60 kg
$850.00
Height: 51.5 cm
Width: 27 cm
Depth: 22 cm
Packaged weight: 43 kg
A charming Jizo stone, with lotus bud rising balloon-like overhead.
$900.00
Height: 53 cm
Width: 31 cm
Depth: 18 cm
Packaged weight: 35 kg
$1,100.00
Height: 23 cm
Width: 23 cm
Depth: 18 cm
Packaged weight: 23 kg
$1,600.00
Height: 72 cm
Width: 26 cm
Depth: 14 cm
Packaged weight: 37 kg
A classic pre-Edo Amida stone boasting excellent size and significant age, the bottom surface sculpted in a tapered style to facilitate insertion directly into the soil. Uncommon.
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Height: 51 cm
Width: 27 cm
Depth: 21 cm
Packaged weight: 32 kg
A charming Jizo stone with good size and desirable old loss.
$3,200.00
Height: approx 110 cm.
An uncommon and enchanting little piece.
$1,200.00
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 18 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Packaged weight: 8 kg
$2,700.00
Height, including base: 46 cm
Width of base: 25 cm
Depth of base: 42 cm
Packaged weight: 49 kg.
Sculpted in the rarely seen "diving" pose with understated stylistic flair, this playful guardian beast was originally paired with a similarly styled close-mouthed ("un") shishi and placed at the entrance to a Japanese Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple.
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Height, including base: 15.2 cm
Width of base: 8 cm
Depth of base: 6.5 cm
Packaged weight: 2 kg
A notably charming small-scale depiction of Sarugami (lit. monkey god), a popular Shinto deity associated with safe and easy childbirth. Uncommon.
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Fragment height: 19 cm
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Dais width: 20 cm
Depth: 12 cm
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Height, including base: 13 cm
Width of base: 7 cm
Depth of base: 7 cm
Packaged weight: 2 kg
A small-scale realistic depiction of Sarugami (lit. monkey god), a popular Shinto deity associated with safe and easy childbirth. Uncommon.
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Height: 16 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Depth: 6 cm
Packaged weight: 2 kg
A desirable, small-scale example of Joseon-Period Buddhist stone sculpture. Uncommon.
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Height: approx. 175 cm
A notably handsome, well-executed Kasuga-style standing stone lantern, sourced from the gardens of a private residence in central Tokyo.
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Height: 28 cm
Width: 22.5 cm
Depth: 20 cm
Packaged weight: 13 kg
$600.00
Length: 20 cm
SOLD.
Height: 59 cm
Width: 24 cm
Depth: 24 cm
Packaged weight: 42 kg.
The gorinto is a distinctively Japanese style of stupa comprising five geometric forms. The Japanese Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism views the gorinto as a symbol of Dai-Nichi Buddha, who, underlying all things, manifests himself in the five elements making up the physical world.
Gorinto sculpted in four parts, the uppermost part comprising two of the five geometric forms, are far more uncommon than gorinto sculpted from a single stone. This is a notably handsome Muromachi-Period example, all of a piece and showing pleasing formal balance.
$700.00
Height: 18 cm
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 9.5 cm
Packaged weight: 3 kg
Of Japan's 7 lucky gods, only Ebisu has Japanese roots, the other six gods having either Indian or Chinese origins. Stylistically, this small-scale example is a rarity, with the sea bream held vertically in the left hand rather than tucked horizontally beneath the left arm and the fishing rod held in the right hand pressed against the body. Highly collectible.