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A CAST-BRONZE FIGURE OF JIZO BOSATSU A TALL BRONZE FIGURE OF A YOUNG GIRL
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century By Genryusai Seiya, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
A cast-bronze figure of the bodhisattva Jizo (Sanskrit, Ksitigarbha), Standing barefoot on a wave-lashed rock, holding her loose hat as
saviour of deceased children and tortured souls in the underworld, it blows in the wind with one hand and carrying a shallow basket of
the right hand lowered and formerly holding a staff, the left hand and shells at her waist with the other, her outer robe tied up to her waist to
held outward, the robes incised on the front with a variety of names of protect it from the water, signed on the reverse in seal form Genryusai
donors, screwed to a separate bronze lotus pedestal. Seiya sei (Manufactured by Genryusai Seiya); with a separate wood
Overall height: 53.5cm (21in). stand. 65cm (25½in) high. (2).
£1,500 - 2,000 £2,000 - 3,000
JPY200,000 - 260,000 JPY260,000 - 400,000
US$1,900 - 2,500 US$2,500 - 3,700

Provenance:
John J. Studzinski CBE, London.

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