Description:

East Asia, Japan, Meiji to Showa period; Southeast Asia, Myanmar (Burma), ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A fine pair of Buddhist monk figures: a Japanese standing figure made of brass and Burmese seated figure carved from teak wood. The Japanese figure stands barefoot atop a double lotus pedestal while holding a petite object in one hand as a sweeping robe drapes his slender body. Alternatively, the Burmese wooden figure is seated in lotus position and holds a medicine bowl in his lap while gazing upward. Size of larger (brass standing figure): 3.2" L x 3" W x 9" H (8.1 cm x 7.6 cm x 22.9 cm)

Provenance: private Graftan, Wisconsin, USA collection; brass: ex-New Orleans, Louisiana, USA auction house, acquired April 25, 2014, lot 90; wood: ex-Amesbury, Massachussetts, USA auction house, acquired January 25, 2019

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#184279

  • Condition: Brass figure is missing object in right hand, and has indentations to head with minor chipping and a tiny perforation on the underside of the base. Wooden figure has some light nicks and abrasions but is otherwise intact with nice remains of gilding.

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