Lot 464 D‡α

Stretching Daruma. Wood and red lacquer. Late 19th century

Yawning after waking up from the nine-year-long meditation, Daruma stretches his arms and legs. His robe lacquered red, his teeth and eyes of bone, the eye pupils of horn. Signed Shunsai on an inlayed ivory tablet. Chipped.
Height 3.4 cm; length 5.9 cm