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A VERY LARGE AND FINE GILT WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI
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2023年12月01日 开拍 / 2023年11月29日 截止委托
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A VERY LARGE AND FINE GILT WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI

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

Finely carved and assembled in yosegi-zukuri technique, the tall figure standing on a lotus dais supported by an elaborately tiered pedestal. Amida is wearing a loose-fitting monastic robe draped over both shoulders falling in beautiful folds and opening at the chest. His hands are held in raigou-in (vitarka mudra), welcoming the dead into his Pure Land. His serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes below gently arched eyebrows centered by a rock crystal byakugo (urna), a broad nose, full lips, and a thin painted mustache, flanked by long pendulous pierced earlobes. His hair is arranged in tight curls over the domed ushnisha with a further rock crystal inlay. The kohai (aureole) behind him with swirling clouds and a central lotus flower from which the rays of the kohai extend. The lotus dais resting on a compressed globular section carved in openwork with a Dharmachakra and foliage over a leafy base supported by a shishi seated in a recumbent pose atop an elaborately stepped circular pedestal with lotus and foliate designs.

HEIGHT 55.3 cm (figure), 134 cm (incl. stand)

Condition: Expected wear, light scratches, expected age cracks, some flaking, and repairs to Amida’s hands, the tiered base, and kohai, otherwise presenting very well overall.
Provenance: From a Dutch private collection.

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 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 of 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.

Auction comparison:
Compare a related gilt wood statue of Amida Nyorai standing similarly in raigou-in, at Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 27 May 2022, Vienna, lot 88 (sold for EUR 35,392).

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拍品估价:7,500 - 15,000 欧元 起拍价格:7,500 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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