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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900: Item # 1359380

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Very beautifully sculpted in the mass of bamboo, the decoration in gold lacquer and polychrome represents 2 Tengu (Japanese legendary creature or demon) under a pine pointing with a finger a vajra (ritual Hindu and Buddhist object, representation of the lightning and the indestructibility...). On the other side a decor of butterflies fluttering over a box in gold lacquer and a lance with at their feet are flowers in polychrome. The whole is very finely carved. Origin: Japan. Period: Meiji (1868-1912). Height: 21cm. Diameter slightly ovalised 12cm (4.7"). Signed in gold lacquer: Yumin.