Antique Japanese Kutani Zen Master Kanzan Jittoku Hanshan and Shide Porcelain Statue 寒山拾得和合二仙

Antique Japanese Ko-Kutani OkimonoKanzan & Jittoku 寒山拾得和合二仙Hanshan and Shide Welcoming VisitorsCirca: 19th century and earlierH 10.5 in.(27cm.), W 7 in.(18cm.), D 6 in.(15cm.)Minor hairlines, peeling lacquer on base, very good condition! A rare antique Ko-Kutani style Okimono, vibrant polychrome to gold in color with a mellow age patina; marked and rendered with Sumi for the details, richly glazed foliate motifs; well carved and tinted with colored pigments in contrast with a vitreous porcelain white, depicting two famous late 8th-century Zen monks, Kanzan and Jittoku in Ko-Kutani (17th Century) style, Kanzan appears holding a lotus flower, and Jittoku appears holding a food dish that symbolizing his humility and sweet nature. Kanzan's name means "Cold Mountain," and so he is sometimes called the "Recluse of Cold Mountain." Jittoku's name means "the Foundling." Kanzan was a mountain recluse or hermit in the Taoist tradition. Jittoku was an orphan in the care of a nearby Buddhist mo