Lacquered Portable Buddhist Shrine.
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A lacquer decorated portable Buddhist shrine (zushi), 20th century. For the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, the double doors of the black-lacquered case with floral-etched gilt metal fittings and opening to reveal a plaque inscribed namu myoho Renge-kyo set within a reliquary-like structure and flanked by two bodhisattva figures seated on lotus pedestals and displaying the namaskara mudra (gesture of reverence), each backed by individual almond-shaped mandorlas and raised on an elaborate galleried and stepped plinth (some wear). (Approx. 21 7/8" tall overall).
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Lacquered Portable Buddhist Shrine.
Estimate $1,000 - $1,500
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