A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOODEN KOMAINU GUARDIAN DOGS, EDO PERIOD (1615–1868) A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOODEN KOMAINU GUARDIAN DOGS, EDO PERIOD (1615–1868) A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOODEN KOMAINU GUARDIAN DOGS, EDO PERIOD (1615–1868) A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOODEN KOMAINU GUARDIAN DOGS, EDO PERIOD (1615–1868)

A PAIR OF JAPANESE WOODEN KOMAINU GUARDIAN DOGS, EDO PERIOD (1615–1868)

Reference: ART2002083

Finely carved wooden komainu (Korean guardian dogs) seated with fierce expressions, one with a horn and closed mouth (um), the other open-mouthed (ah).
Height: 35 and 42 cm.
Worn condition with cracks and pigment losses, consistent with age.