A RARE BRONZE REPOUSSE PLAQUE (OSHIDASHIBUTSU) OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA

Lot 53
22.03.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 53 | A RARE BRONZE REPOUSSE PLAQUE (OSHIDASHIBUTSU) OF A SEATED BODHISATTVA
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$ 15 000 – 25 000
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 3⁄8 x 5 1⁄8 in. (16.2 x 13 cm.)

With hard wood stand







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.





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