13th Jun, 2025 10:00
Fine Japanese Art
161
A LARGE ZUSHI (PORTABLE BUDDHIST SHRINE) CONTAINING A FINE GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Seated in royal ease atop a lotus throne raised on scrolling clouds intricately carved in openwork over a smooth rockwork base with gilt lichens emerging from swirling waters, all set within a shrine of typical form lacquered in black with gilt-metal fittings chased and incised with foliate designs on a ring-punched ground. The drapery is elegantly rendered in endlessly flowing folds. His hands are held in seppo-in, the teaching mudra. The face is sensitively modeled in a serene expression with downcast eyes and a subtle smile, and the eyes and byakugo are inlaid with rock crystal. The hair is arranged in tight curls over the ushnisha centered by a pink crystal nikkeishu. The head is backed by a circular halo with central lotus blossom issuing rays of differing length, and a crisply carved and pierced wispy floating cloud.
HEIGHT 72 cm (the shrine), 54 cm (the figure and base), 37 cm (the figure)
Condition: Good condition with wear, few minor losses, fine age cracks, little rubbing and minute flaking to lacquer, some with associated touchups, expected old repairs to the left hand, lower hem of the robe, the halo, and two clouds.
Provenance: European private collection. The figure, stand, and cloud-form backing each with an old label inscribed ‘27023’.
Museum comparison:
Compare a related gilt-lacquered wood figure of Amida Nyorai in the Musée Guimet. Compare a related gilt-lacquered wood figure of Amithaba with attendants, dated to the 18th century, in the San Antonio Museum of Art, object number 2013.38.262.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related parcel-gilt lacquered wood figure of a seated Buddha Amida, dated to the 17th century, Edo period, 89 cm high, at Christie’s, Art d’Asie, 12 December 2023, Paris, lot 73 (sold for EUR 12,600).
Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Seated in royal ease atop a lotus throne raised on scrolling clouds intricately carved in openwork over a smooth rockwork base with gilt lichens emerging from swirling waters, all set within a shrine of typical form lacquered in black with gilt-metal fittings chased and incised with foliate designs on a ring-punched ground. The drapery is elegantly rendered in endlessly flowing folds. His hands are held in seppo-in, the teaching mudra. The face is sensitively modeled in a serene expression with downcast eyes and a subtle smile, and the eyes and byakugo are inlaid with rock crystal. The hair is arranged in tight curls over the ushnisha centered by a pink crystal nikkeishu. The head is backed by a circular halo with central lotus blossom issuing rays of differing length, and a crisply carved and pierced wispy floating cloud.
HEIGHT 72 cm (the shrine), 54 cm (the figure and base), 37 cm (the figure)
Condition: Good condition with wear, few minor losses, fine age cracks, little rubbing and minute flaking to lacquer, some with associated touchups, expected old repairs to the left hand, lower hem of the robe, the halo, and two clouds.
Provenance: European private collection. The figure, stand, and cloud-form backing each with an old label inscribed ‘27023’.
Museum comparison:
Compare a related gilt-lacquered wood figure of Amida Nyorai in the Musée Guimet. Compare a related gilt-lacquered wood figure of Amithaba with attendants, dated to the 18th century, in the San Antonio Museum of Art, object number 2013.38.262.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related parcel-gilt lacquered wood figure of a seated Buddha Amida, dated to the 17th century, Edo period, 89 cm high, at Christie’s, Art d’Asie, 12 December 2023, Paris, lot 73 (sold for EUR 12,600).
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