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A CYPRESS WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI, KAMAKURA PERIOD, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
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09月11日 下午5点 开拍
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A CYPRESS WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI, KAMAKURA PERIOD, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

Published: Jean-Paul Desroches (ed.) et al, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Paris, 2016, p. 122, no. 219.

Exhibited:
1. Pointe-à-Callière Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Montréal, 17 November 2016-19 March 2017.
2. Kimbell Art Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.

Japan. Finely carved from a hollowed section of hinoki (cypress) wood in yosegi-zukuri in a classic Heian standing pose with his right arm raised and left arm lowered in what was likely raigo-in (vitarka mudra). Amida is wearing monastic robes, his fukuken'e descending from the shoulders and forming a series of folds over the abdomen, the kun with typical Y-shaped and vertical pleats. The soft features of his face bearing a serene expression, heavy-lidded downcast eyes centered by a crystal inlay, subtly smiling lips, elongated lobes, and hair arranged in spiral curls.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Extensive wear commensurate with age, the wood with natural imperfections, expected age cracks, losses, remnants of old repairs and resin residue, the hands and feet lost.

Weight: 531.9 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 32.5 cm (excl. stand), 37 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on an associated wood stand. (2)

The present figure has characteristics of both Heian and early Kamakura sculptures. Yosegi-zukuri was a technique adopted in Japan from Indian and Chinese artists and became popular during the 10th century. The elegant folds of the robes and the inlaid urna come from techniques which became widely used during the Kamakura period. The combination of these two elements suggests a dating to a period of overlap between the two periods.

The sculpture represents Amitabha, known in Japanese as Amida Nyorai, or the Buddha of Limitless Light. 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.

Yosegi-zukuri, or the joined wood-block construction, is a sculpting method in which several rectangular blocks of wood are individually selected and carved into shapes. Yosegi-zukuri, together with ichiboku-zukuri (single block construction), are the two main techniques associated with wood sculpture in Japan. There were several advantages to a sculpture made from multiple blocks of wood. It was much lighter than one carved out of a single block of wood. The technique also helped to minimize the cracking of the wood caused by the outside layer drying faster than the core of the sculpture. In addition, it was faster, as it allowed the individual blocks to be carved simultaneously by several artisans specializing in particular kinds of carving, which in turn led to the development of an assembly-line production and a true studio.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 21 March 2023, lot 5
Price: USD 30,240 or approx. EUR 27,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A carved wood sculpture of Amida Nyorai (Amitabha), Kamakura period, 13th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and similar modeling, expression, and size (34 cm).

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