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A GILT WOOD FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA A GILT WOOD FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST DEITY
Edo period Edo period
Featuring Seishi Bosatsu (Mahasthamaprapta), also known as the Depicting Miroku (Maitreya), the Buddha of the Future, seated in
Bodhisattva of Strength and Wisdom, standing in a pose of reverence, meditation and wearing the robes of a monk, adorned in a gilt metal
his hands together in the gassho mudra, a tear-shaped cloud- necklace and elaborate diadem fronting a tall blue-painted top-knot
edged mandorla framing the head with inlaid eyes and an elaborate characteristic of a bodhisattva, with inlaid crystal eyes and large urna,
openwork metal diadem, all supported on a lotus pedestal encircled all supported on a waisted double-lotus pedestal resting on a six-
by clouds (wear to gilt, minor losses). lobed stepped plinth (wear to gilt, losses to metalwork).
15 1/8in (38.5cm) high 18 1/2in (47cm) high
$1,200 - 1,500 $1,000 - 1,500

PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FRANK G. JAMES (1886 - 1977)
AND GEORGIA G. JAMES (1889 - 1981), PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA
2545▲
A GILT WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA BUDDHA 2548
Edo period, 18th century A LARGE CHAMPLEVÉ MODEL OF A BODHISATTVA
Seated in meditation on an elaborate lotus base, his robes open at the Meiji era, late 19th century
chest and with his hands in the gesture of appeasement, the black- Depicting Kannon standing with a scroll held to the front, the deity
lacquer undercoat visible where the gold lacquer has worn thin. clothed in princely robes picked on in polychrome enamels, further
16 1/4in (41.4cm) enamel work on the detachable flame-edged nimbus and on the lotus
$3,500 - 4,500 pedestal supported on a high stepped base with the Tokugawa mon
(family crest), with a cartouche signed Soto/Motomitsu (some repairs).
2546▲ 43 1/2in (110.5cm) high
A GILT WOOD FIGURE OF DAINICHI NYORAI $1,000 - 2,000
Edo period, late 18th century
Seated on a lotus pedestal, his robes draped across his lap and over PROPERTY FROM ANOTHER OWNER
his right shoulder, the hands held to the front in the ‘knowledge fist’
gesture (chiken-in), a gilt-metal crown on his head, the separately 2549
carved mandorla contained within a large circular nimbus supported A POLYCHROMED WOOD FIGURE OF A DEITY
on billowing clouds. Edo period
15 1/2in (39.5cm) high Depicting Emma-o, the ruler and chief magistrate of the underworld,
$3,500 - 4,500 recognizable by his tall Chinese cap centered by the character for
‘king,’ patriarch’s robes and stern expression, his right hand held to
the front (lacking rank stick), the carved and assembled wood applied
with gesso and polychrome pigments (restorations, losses, lacking
inlaid glass eyes).
20 3/4in (52.8cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500

Provenance
private New York collection
acquired from Peter Roth, Zurich, 1979

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