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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION
~53
A RARE BRONZE REPOUSSE PLAQUE
(OSHIDASHIBUTSU) OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA
HAKUHO PERIOD (7TH CENTURY)
The bodhisattva seated beneath a canopy, shown in the posture
of “royal ease” with the right leg folded horizontally to expose
the sole of the foot, the left foot supported on a lotus plinth,
the right thigh supports the elbow of the deity's right arm, the
hand touching the right cheek of the inclined head in a gesture
of contemplation, flanked by four small seated Buddhas and a
standing monk on right side, traces of gilt
6¡ x 5¿ in. (16.2 x 13 cm.)
With hard wood stand
$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE:
By repute, excavated from a branch temple of Toshodaiji in
Shikoku
Kurusu Collection
Setsu Inosuke, Tokyo
Private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent
within the family
LITERATURE:
Fujimoto Shozo, ed., Kobijutsu 15 (Tokyo: Sansaisha, 1966), no. 4.
Kuno Ken, ed., Oshidashibutsu to senbutsu (Bronze and clay
repousse plaques), Nihon no bijutsu 118 (Tokyo: Shibundo, 1976),
no. 9.
Oshiodashibutsu to butsuzogata (Nara: Nara National Museum,
1983), no. 36.