A WOOD SCULPTURE OF KOMAINU (LION-DOG)

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Lot 131 | A WOOD SCULPTURE OF KOMAINU (LION-DOG)
A WOOD SCULPTURE OF KOMAINU (LION-DOG)

LATE KAMAKURA-EARLY NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY)

Carved from wood in single-block technique (ichiboku-zukuri) as a un-shape lion-dog sitting, the legs rigid and mouth partially open showing teeth, very pronounced backbone

27 in. (68.6 cm.) tall





Provenance

Nicholas Grindley, London

Odile Cavendish, London

Yvonne Moreau-Gobard, Paris

Nicholas Grindley, London

Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey, Hong Kong



Literature

Orientations, vol. 21 no. 4 (Hong Kong: Orientations Magazine Ltd.,1990). Trade advertisement for Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey.

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