Antique Japanese Carved Bamboo Root Sculpture – Depicting Daruma (Bodhidharma) – 20" Tall LS#079 POSIM This matched pair of menuki

This matched pair of menuki presents a vivid narrative scene drawn from a well-known Heian-era tale

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The trestle-style legs are shaped in a waisted baluster profile with pierced oval apertures — a classical kyosoku leg form — each set on a flat rectangular foot

naturally aged brass tone with areas of handling wear consistent with devotional use

Function: Menuki

Antique Japanese Carved Bamboo Root Sculpture – Depicting Daruma (Bodhidharma) – 20" Tall LS#079 POSIM This matched pair of menukiA powerful and expressive antique Japanese bamboo root carving (nemagari takeboku sz), representing Daruma (Bodhidharma), the semi legendary Indian monk credited with founding Zen Buddhism in Japan. Carved from a naturally curved section of bamboo root, the figures intense expression and fierce gaze emerge from the organic form of the wood, the carver skillfully using the roots natural twists and fibers to evoke Darumas wild beard and ascetic