Polychromed-Wood Shomen Kongo Disease Amulet Early-Edo ca. 1650
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Sculpture: Pre 1700: Item # 1463448
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Sculpture: Pre 1700: Item # 1463448
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Shomen Kongo (Blue-Faced Vajrapani) with six arms, three eyes, snake-form arm and ankle bracelets, and a monkey head atop the head, standing upon a jaki (demon) and rock form dais. Yosegi-zukuri joined-block wooden construction, finished in natural-pigment polychrome and gilt. Early-Edo Period ca. 1650. Loss of all attributes originally held in the hands, old loss to the polychrome finish, and old repairs.
Shomen Kongo (Blue-Faced Vajrapani) with six arms, three eyes, snake-form arm and ankle bracelets, and a monkey head atop the head, standing upon a jaki (demon) and rock form dais. Yosegi-zukuri joined-block wooden construction, finished in natural-pigment polychrome and gilt. Early-Edo Period ca. 1650. Loss of all attributes originally held in the hands, old loss to the polychrome finish, and old repairs.
Height, including dais: 78.5 cm
Height of Shomen Kongo figure only: 68.5 cm
Width of dais: 37 cm
Depth of dais: 28.5 cm
Packaged weight: 8 kg
