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A LARGE PAIR OF BRONZE ‘BUDDHIST ELEPHANT’ ALTAR VASES, DATED 1739
奥地利 北京时间
12月06日 下午5点 开拍 / 12月04日 下午3点 截止委托
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A LARGE PAIR OF BRONZE ‘BUDDHIST ELEPHANT’ ALTAR VASES, DATED 1739

Japan, dated 1739

Heavily cast, the caparisoned elephant with a robust body crouching low to the ground, the head turning to the back and the tail flicked to the side, the wrinkled face detailed with large eyes and a coiling snout flanked by long, curling tusks. The backs fitted with a removable, compressed globular vessel, with a detachable base, decorated to the exterior with lotus petals in relief.

Each vessel is signed YASUAKI (Yasumochi) saku [Made by Yasuaki (Yasumochi)] and dated Genbun yon tsuchinoto-hitsuji no toshi [Made in the Genbun 4th year (1739)]. Further inscribed to the body of each elephant with a votive dedication naming several donors who commissioned this impressive pair of altar vases.

LENGTH 55 cm (each), HEIGHT 34.5 cm (each)
WEIGHT 25.3 kg and 21.6 kg

The elephant-like mythical beings depicted here are by no means ordinary elephants, but rather religious creatures frequently depicted in early Buddhist art. The wrinkly body and trunk, long tusks, and smiling attitude bear an uncanny resemblance to the famous imaginary elephants (sozo-no-zo) from the Nikko Tosho-gu. This type of elephant was also frequently depicted in Buddhist art as the familiar of Fugen Bosatsu or on various architectural elements depicting baku.

Condition: Good condition with wear, commensurate with age. Expected nicks, scratches, dents, and other signs of use. Wear and encrustations to the interior. The bronze with a naturally grown, dark patina with areas of malachite and cuprite encrustations.

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