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A PAIR OF WOOD FIGURES OF NIO (TEMPLE GUARDIANS)
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century
The wrathful figures carved and assembled in wood and decorated
in polychrome pigments over gesso, their robes gathered at the
waist revealing their powerful upper bodies, one holding a vajra, each
bearing a fierce expression with mouths open or closed, forming the
Buddhist incantations Aa and Um, the eyes inlaid crystal
30in (76.2cm) high

$30,000 - 40,000
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A WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA BUDDHA
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Carved and assembled from wood and modeled as Amitabha Buddha
standing, the right hand raised in vitarka mudra (gesture of teaching)
and the left held in dhyana mudra (gesture of meditation), the hair
arranged in small, snail-shaped spiral curls and set off with an inlaid
urna at the base of the chignon, the eyes and urna on the forehead
inlaid in glass, the figure dressed in a loose robe open at the torso and
falling in pleats down the front, the figure applied with gold lacquer, the
lotus dais set on a base with swirling clouds and fitted with a lotus-
flower nimbus encircled by radiating tines simulating light
43 1/4in (109.8cm) high overall, 23 1/4in (59cm) high, figure only

$8,000 - 12,000

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