Lot 316 - A211AS Asian Art: Japan, India, South-East Asia - Tuesday, 26. November 2024, 02.00 PM
A FIGURE OF A CELESTIAL DEITY.
Japan, 18th, early 19th c. Overall height 53 cm.
Wood with polychrome paint, the eyes are inlaid. A heavenly official in a red Chinese robe with a leopard and tiger skin standing in a powerful pose on a rocky pedestal. Traces of age.
Provenance: Old Swiss private collection from Southern Switzerland.
Possibly one of the deities of the 5 planets and 28 constellations (constellations personified as individual deities) associated with the calendrical practices and rituals of Onmyôdô (Yin and Yang).
Possibly one of the deities of the 5 planets and 28 constellations (constellations personified as individual deities) associated with the calendrical practices and rituals of Onmyôdô (Yin and Yang).
CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)