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Edo p. Japanese Buddhist Image Incense Koro, Rakan browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Earthenware: Pre 1900: item # 613779 Please refer to our stock # TCR1996 when inquiring.
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| 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 darkened earth to show through like the sun burnt and wind-scorched skin of the ancient sage would be imagined. The basin was originally filled with ash for the burning of incense, and the ash and soot still stain the inside and edge. A Rakan (also Arahat/Arhat or Lohan) is a Buddhist saint who has broken the chain of re-birth and overcome the three poisons of desire, hatred and ignorance. It is a popular theme in both Chinese and Japanese art. This figure sits 7 inches (18 cm) tall and is covered in two centuries of soot and color, a magnificent ancient work. There is an old lacquer repair to the tip of one fold in his robe, and it appears as if the arm was broken off and repaired many years ago. | |||||||||||||||
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