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AN IMPRESSIVE AND VERY LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI, MUROMACHI PERIOD
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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AN IMPRESSIVE AND VERY LARGE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI, MUROMACHI PERIOD

Japan, 16th century, Muromachi period (1336-1573)

Seated in dhyanasana on a separately carved double-lotus throne, with the hands held in raigo-in (vitarka mudra). He is wearing a loose-fitting robe draped over both shoulders, opening at the chest, and cascading in voluminous folds, the head with inlaid downcast eyes, centered by a an urna incised to resemble the snail-shell curls, and another inlay to the center of the ushnisha. He is backed by a leaf-shaped kohai (aureole) with four Buddhas, centered at the top with the character Ko.

HEIGHT (the figure) 65 cm and (total) 120 cm

Condition: Overall good condition with expected wear, rubbing and losses to gilt, natural age cracks, minor repairs and touchups, small chips here and there. Presenting very well.

The sculpture represents Amitabha, known in Japanese as Amida Nyorai, or the Buddha of Limitless Light. The downcast gaze directed towards the onlooker below is emblematic of the infinite compassion with which his name is synonymous. Amitabha reigns over the Western Pure Land, a paradise to which anyone is welcomed if they faithfully and sincerely incant his name. This place of salvation became central to the Jodo [lit. Pure Land] sect of Buddhism. Propounded in 1175 by the monk Honen, the accessibility of such tenets of redemption allowed this form of Buddhism to proliferate across the nation and feudal classes of Japan. Often depicted with an elaborate mandala, the boat-shaped halo is said to remind his followers that he serves as a guide for them to cross the ocean of suffering which contaminates the living.

Auction comparison:
Compare a related later gilt-lacquered wood figure of Amida, dated 17th-18th century, 150 cm high (total), at Sotheby’s, 1 December 2022, New York, lot 773 (sold for USD 37,800).

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拍品估价:20,000 - 40,000 欧元 起拍价格:20,000 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00% 服务费:平台服务费为成交总金额(含佣金)的3%,最低200元

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