Komainu, Japan, Taishō period (1912 – 1926)
Description
Kutani porcelain hand-painted and gileded.
Dimensions: 18x20x9 cm
Komainu often called lion-dogs in English, are statue pairs of lion-like creatures, which traditionally guard the entrance or gate of the shrine, or placed in front of or within the honden (inner sanctum) of Japanese Shinto shrines.
Kutani ware is a style of Japanese porcelain traditionally supposed to be from Kutani, now a part of Kaga, Ishikawa, in the former Kaga Province.
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Product code:
19915
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