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A STANDING FIGURE OF AMIDA BUDDHA
6163 Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo Period (1615-1868),
76 | BONHAMS 17th-18th century
The figure shown standing with his hands in a mudra representing
one of the 9 levels of re-birth ( kubon 九品), the robes loosely draped
across the torso and hanging at the sleeves, eyes, and urna inlaid in
crystal or colored stone, with a later wood stand
38 1/4in (97.ccm) high (figure only)

US$35,000 - 45,000

6163
AN ILLUSTRATED SUTRA, JINGOJI ISSAIKYO
Heian period (794-1185), early-mid 12th century
Handscroll, gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper, with gilt-
copper floral-etched scroll ends; the frontispiece depicting Shaka
Buddha preaching at Vulture Peak, flanked by two monks and two
bodhisattvas; the accompanying long passage of scripture entitled
Bussetsu daiai dohatsu deionkyo 佛説大愛道般泥洹経
With an inscribed wooden storage box
10 1/8 x 150 7/8in (25.7 x 383.4cm)
11 1/2in (29.2cm) height with rollers

US$6,000 - 8,000

Another scroll from this set was sold in these rooms, September 15,
2015, lot #2057

This gold-and-silver decorated sutra is part of the Issaikyo (Buddhist
corpus), commonly known as Jingoji-kyo due to its association with
the Jingo-ji temple complex in Takao, Kyoto. One of over 5,400
volumes in total, it was originally donated to by Emperor Go-Shirakawa
(1127-1192) at the request of retired Emperor Toba (1103-1156).
The Jingo-ji itself still retains 2,317 scrolls, all of which have been
collectively designated Important Cultural Properties. Other illustrated
scrolls from this set are in the collection of the Goto Art Museum
(Nihon no shakyo ten [Exhibition of Copied Buddhist scripture in
Japan], Sano Art Museum, 1980, p. 58, fig. 39 and p. 77); the
Mary and Jackson Burke Collection (Miyeko Murase, Japanese Art:
Selection from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York,
1975, pp. 42-43, pl. 11); the Art Institute of Chicago (2008.157; http://
www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/193241); and Kyoto National
Museum (www.kyohaku.go.jp/jp/dictio/shoseki/74jingoji.html).