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A GILT AND LACQUERED 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 GILT AND LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI

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

Seated in in kekka fuza (dhyanasana) on a separately carved double lotus throne with a beaded edge supported on an elaborately tiered circular base with a compressed globular neck decorated with flaming tama. He is wearing a loose-fitting robe draped over both shoulders, opening at the chest, and cascading in voluminous folds. The serene face with downcast eyes below elegantly arched brows, his full lips framed by a finely painted mustache, his hair arranged in tight curls with a domed ushnisha, backed by a large nimbus decorated with scrolling clouds around a central lotus design, the separately carved halo inset at the back of the lotus throne.

HEIGHT 23.3 cm (figure) and 52.5 cm (total)

Condition: Very good condition with some wear to gilt and lacquer, expected minor age cracks, minuscule nicks, light scratches, few minor losses.

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 minimise 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 specialising in particular kinds of carving, which in turn led to the development of an assembly-line production and a true studio.

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拍品估价:1,500 - 3,000 欧元 起拍价格:1,500 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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