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A PAIR OF GOLD AND COPPER MENUKI OF NIO GUARDIANS
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2023年06月16日 开拍 / 2023年06月14日 截止委托
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A PAIR OF GOLD AND COPPER MENUKI OF NIO GUARDIANS

Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Each finely cast in copper, with silver and gold highlights, as a Nio guardian standing in a dynamic posture, chanting their respective syllables, with muscular bodies and draped in billowing scarves.

HEIGHT 2.8 cm (each)
WEIGHT 9 g (total)

Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear.

Nio or Kongorikishi are two wrathful and muscular guardians of the Buddha standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in East Asian Buddhism in the form of frightening wrestler-like statues. They are dharmapala manifestations of the bodhisattva Vajrapani, the oldest and most powerful of the Mahayana Buddhist pantheon. According to Japanese tradition, they travelled with Gautama Buddha to protect him. Within the generally pacifist tradition of Buddhism, stories of dharmapalas justified the use of physical force to protect cherished values and beliefs against evil. Nio are also seen as a manifestation of Mahasthamaprapta, the bodhisattva of power that flanks Amitabha in Pure Land Buddhism and as Vajrasattva in Tibetan Buddhism. They are usually a pair offigures that stand under a separate temple entrance gate usually called Niomon in Japan. The right statue is called Misshaku Kongo (or Agyo) and has his mouth open, and the left statue is called Naraen Kongo (or Ungyo) and has his mouth closed. Similar to Alpha and Omega in Christianity, they signify “everything”.

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拍品估价:300 - 600 欧元 起拍价格:300 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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