LARGE CARVING OF A RAKAN / ARHAT IN...
LARGE CARVING OF A RAKAN / ARHAT IN LACQUERED WOOD
Japan, Edo Period
Composed of three parts not integral: the base, the rakan and the mandorla. It is represented sitting in rajalalisana on a rocky base, the right hand turned towards the sky, the left lacunar, both were originally meant to hold a prayer scroll. He is wearing a kesa. His face, very expressive, is animated by glass inlays in his eyes. Behind his head, a halo. At the bottom, in front of the base, an inscription numbering him and thus inscribing him in a larger series of rakans sculptures: 第二番 / DAI NIBAN (number 2) (wear, repaints, cracks, restorations, jumps).
H: 73 cm - W: 48 cm - D: 31 cm
Comparison: For a rakan of the same series, this one bearing the number 187, see Bonham's San Francisco, 15/03/2011, lot 2485.
A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A RAKAN / ARHAT
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LARGE CARVING OF A RAKAN / ARHAT IN LACQUERED WOOD
Japan, Edo Period
Composed of three parts not integral: the base, the rakan and the mandorla. It is represented sitting in rajalalisana on a rocky base, the right hand turned towards the sky, the left lacunar, both were originally meant to hold a prayer scroll. He is wearing a kesa. His face, very expressive, is animated by glass inlays in his eyes. Behind his head, a halo. At the bottom, in front of the base, an inscription numbering him and thus inscribing him in a larger series of rakans sculptures: 第二番 / DAI NIBAN (number 2) (wear, repaints, cracks, restorations, jumps).
H: 73 cm - W: 48 cm - D: 31 cm
Comparison: For a rakan of the same series, this one bearing the number 187, see Bonham's San Francisco, 15/03/2011, lot 2485.
A PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF A RAKAN / ARHAT
Japan, Edo period Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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