From the Richard Gordon Smith Collection - 'Hidari Jingoro' ...

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£800 - £1,200

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From the Richard Gordon Smith Collection - 'Hidari Jingoro' - 'The Drunken Carpenter and Priest Who Destroyed Nio' - Japanese carved rootwood okimono, with highly intricate floral detail, depicting a figure adorned with prayer beads subduing a demon H 16cm. (af)

As mentioned and photographed in Richard Gordon Smith's hand written diaries - he paid a farmer 10 yen.

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25th Jan 25 at 10am GMT