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| Item No | #501862 |
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| Item | Wooden Carving |
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| Material | Kekyaki(Zelkova) |
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| Price | $600.00 $320.00 |
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| Weight | 5.26kg |
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| | 16cm 6 1/4" | | | 31cm 12 1/4" | | | 15cm 6" |
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$150.00
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$133.10
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This is religious wooden carving,a pair of baku decorated under the roof dated around mid.1,900s or earlier.Baku believed as a eater of dreams and has a hairy head and body with long proboscis two tusks, four claws on each foot. Baku are considered
to be a generally benevolent creatures which stalk
the dreamscape, devouring the evil demons that cause nightmares. During Edo era, it was common to put tags
with the picture of baku drawn under the pillow when they go to beds since they believed that bad dreams were caused by evil spirits. It was believed that if the Baku could be induced to eat a horrible dream, the
creature had the power to change it into good fortune. According to Shinto legend, the Baku will promptly consume the evil entity responsible for these nocturnal terrors and bestow good fortune upon
whoever has called out to him. As architectural elements, Baku were thought to protect the entrance to Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines
and were placed under the roof of religious structures to ward off evil spirits.These mouths have 'a-un' mouths which is one of buddhist incantation.A is the first word when opening the mouth, and N is the last which can be refered to the beginig and end of universe,also is said that A is truth and N is nirvana and many pairs of shishi and other religious figures have these mouths.
Their hairs are waving on top and in the front, bushy eyeblows are standing up, and 2 horns are sticking up,long folded nose is nicely rolled and they are looking straight to execute thier duties as guardians.
Curled hairs cover teh body,and stand firmly with storing feet.One opens mouth widely and other closes it tightly.Every details have dynamic and lively touch in dimentional ways as if they are about to comes to life.
Not only fine carving techiniques, but also this has beautiful wooden grain throughout.PLESE enjoy all details on more pictures.
One of them around the nose is damaged and some ends are chipped,also there are some small scratches,crackes and dents,but considering the use,this pieces are almost in prefect condition.
This fine art piece will be breath taking for your home and wonderful to add to your colloctions! |
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