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A FINE WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI, LATE MUROMACHI
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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 FINE WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI, LATE MUROMACHI

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

Scientific Analysis Report:
MS 14C (carbon 14) analysis report (lab code DeA-38697 and sample number I/3190/1) issued by Isotoptech Laboratories of Debrecen, Hungary, on 30 April 2020, confirms the dating of the present piece and sets the exact date of creation of the present statue to AD 1504-1651.

Seated in kekka fuza (dhyanasana) on a separately carved lotus throne and finely carved chiefly from a single block of wood with remnants of gilt lacquer. Amida holding his hands in raigo-in (vitarka mudra), used to receive the souls of the deceased, and dressed in monastic robes with a fukuken'e (mantle) and kun (skirt), the folds over the right shoulder tucked under the robe falling from the left shoulder and pooling at the base. The face centered by an urna above heavy-lidded eyes under arched brows with butterfly lips, flanked by pendulous earlobes, his hair arranged in spiral curls (rahotsu).

HEIGHT 36.5 cm (figure) and 43.5 cm (total)

Condition: Good condition with wear, age cracks, losses, repairs and touch-ups. Overall presenting very well.
Provenance: From an old French 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.

Museum comparison:
Compare a related standing figure of amida with similar facial features and posed in raigo-in, dated to the Muromachi period, in the Harvard Art Museum, accession number 1919.220.A-B.

Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related wood figure of Amida Nyorai similarly posed with his robes falling in near identical folds, 51 cm high, dated to the Muromachi period, at Christie’s, Japanese and Korean Art, 22 September 2020, New York, lot 20 (sold for USD 75,000).

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拍品估价:5,000 - 10,000 欧元 起拍价格:5,000 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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