The emaciated figure of a Rakan wrapped in billowing robes sits smiling contentedly with a large incense basin balanced on one knee; the image enclosed in an old black lacquered wooden box. The holy figure seems chiseled from the convex slab of clay, deep grooves forming the robes over his boney form. The shroud covering is glazed in a widely crackled pale green reminiscent of Soma-yaki with less color., or some Korean Seiji The protruding body is unglazed; allowing the fire scorched and age ...click for details
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