Lot 42 Dα

A very large lacquered wood Buddhist shrine (butsudan). Kansai region. 20th century

In five parts. The base consisting of a red-lacquered plinth and two cabinets with various compartments and drawers, the shrine proper with three niches and an elaborately carved frieze (ranma), an altar table and three further drawers, to be closed by an inner folding door with carved panels and an outer black- and gold- lacquered folding door. The inside rendered in gilding, the carved panels with pigments. Chiselled gilt-copper fixtures. At the sides iron loops for the carrying poles. Losses to many of the carved panels.
Height 218.5; width 76.2 cm; depth 72.5 cm