A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD ZUSHI (PORTABLE BUDDHIST SHRINE) CONTAINING A VERY FINE FIGURE OF JUICHIMEN KANNON (THE 11-HEADED KANNON), 18TH CENTURY

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A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD ZUSHI (PORTABLE BUDDHIST SHRINE) CONTAINING A VERY FINE FIGURE OF JUICHIMEN KANNON (THE 11-HEADED KANNON), 18TH CENTURY Japan, 18thcentury, Edo period (1615-1868) The figure is finely carved in wood and depicts the eleven-headed Kannon standing beneath a canopy supported by two columns, atop a lotus dais fitted to a separately carved plinth in the form of crashing waves. She has four principal arms, with two hands clasped together above two hands holding a vessel, and numerous smaller arms holding animmense variety of attributes in gilt-metal. Her long flowing robe falls in heavy U-shape folds down her ankles. The kohai (aureole) behind her with swirling clouds and a central openworked floral design. The shrineof slender form, the exterior finished in a lustrous roiro ground with gilt-metal fittings with floral designs including shaped hinges, while the interior is richly lacquered in gold. HEIGHT 17.1 cm (the figure), HEIGHT 33 cm (total) Auction comparison: Compare a closely related zushi with Juichimen Kannon, dated to the 18th century, 54 cm high, at Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 13 June 2025, Vienna, lot 166 (sold for EUR 9,100).

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