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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION
253
A GILT-BRONZE STANDING SCULPTURE OF BUDDHA
UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY)
Solid cast, shown standing on an integral lotus plinth, the body
backed by a plain flame-shaped aureole surrounding a nimbus with
raised border behind the head
1æ in. (4.5 cm.) high
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE:
Private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent
within the family

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION
254
A GILT-BRONZE STANDING SCULPTURE OF BUDDHA
UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY)
Shown standing on an integral lotus plinth, the hands held in
vitarkamudra, the gesture of teaching the Dharma, the robes cast in
tight loop folds with scalloped hem
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION
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PROVENANCE: A GILT-BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BHAISHAJYAGURU
Private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent (YAKSA YEORAE), BUDDHA OF HEALING
within the family UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY)
EXHIBITED: Solid cast, with right arm raised in the abhayamudra, or the gesture
The Museum of Yamato Bunkakan, "Korean Gilt-bronze Statues of of fulfilling the vow, and holding in the left hand the medicine bowl
Paekche and Silla Period From Japanese Collections" 1982.10.1-11.7. identifying the figure as the Buddha of Healing, the gilding on the
exh. cat. no. 30. body and back rich and bright; residue of mounting pegs at the back
of the head and waist
2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:
Private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent
within the family