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THE PROPERTY OF GOTŌ SHINSHUDŌ

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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF
SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA

SIXTEEN KINGDOMS PERIOD (AD 304-439)

The fgure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a lion throne cast in relief with
two lions, with hands held in dyanasanamudra, and wears a square shawl
that is draped around the body in parallel folds. The face is cast with a
contemplative expression. A small pierced attachment tab projects from the
back of the head.
3Ω in. (9 cm.) high

$30,000-40,000

PROVENANCE

Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo, prior to 1983.

EXHIBITED

Osaka, Kuboso Art Museum, Chinese Early Gilt Bronze Buddhas, 1988, no. 17.

LITERATURE

Kuboso Art Museum, Chinese Early Gilt Bronze Buddhas, Osaka, 1988, p. 23,
no. 17.

Gotō Shinshudō began his illustrious career in 1951 when he joined the legendary frm
Mayuyama and Co., and was appointed to the board in 1976. He enjoyed a long tenure at
the frm, and started his own gallery in Kyobashi, Tokyo in 1984, specializing in Chinese,
Korean and Japanese ceramics, as well as metalwork and stone sculptures. Building
on the reputation he earned in Mayuyama and Co., his own business achieved success,
dealing with some of the world’s elite private collectors and important institutions such
as the Toguri Museum of Art.

五胡十六國 鎏金銅釋迦牟尼佛坐像

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