Date: Circa 1880
£POA - What does POA mean?
Product Code: KPOK138
Artist / Company: Chikushun
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An impressive Japanese meiji period wood carving of a Kirin holding a flaming jewel. This masterful carving is balanced perfectly and is a classical depiction of the mythical creature.
Condition is very good. Please feel free to contact us for further information, images or to arrange a viewing.
Kirin
The Kirin (Qilin in Chinese) is a mythical chimerical creature common in artworks and legends across most of East Asia, it it believed to have originated in China around the 5th century BC. The Japanese Kirin resembles a deer with long slender legs and horns, it is said that they are peaceful creatures with great power, they are able to walk on grass without disturbing a single blade, and they only appear at times when there is peace in the world. When the giraffe was first brought to Japan it greatly resembled the Kirin and so the Japanese word of giraffe is kirin.
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