Lot Essay
This likely represents the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara and may have served as an attendant figure in a Buddha triad sculpture given its size.
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PROPERTY FROM THE SAKAMOTO FAMILY COLLECTION
A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD (7TH CENTURY)
Details
A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD (7TH CENTURY)
The slender figure ornamented with a garland necklace across the neck and torso and drapery flowing in long, looping pleats from the waist and with remainders of further drapery that originally enwrapped the arms and that ends in an upward sweep above the feet, the head cast with protruding coil of braided hair below a raised crown with a small seated figure of Buddha; the back of the head cast in the round though hollow and the back with a deep recess and mounting pegs at the back of the neck and above the feet
5 1/8 in. (12.8 cm) high
With wood box signed Agyudo Sato gengen-o kyuzo (Collection of Sato Chozan)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD (7TH CENTURY)
The slender figure ornamented with a garland necklace across the neck and torso and drapery flowing in long, looping pleats from the waist and with remainders of further drapery that originally enwrapped the arms and that ends in an upward sweep above the feet, the head cast with protruding coil of braided hair below a raised crown with a small seated figure of Buddha; the back of the head cast in the round though hollow and the back with a deep recess and mounting pegs at the back of the neck and above the feet
5 1/8 in. (12.8 cm) high
With wood box signed Agyudo Sato gengen-o kyuzo (Collection of Sato Chozan)
Provenance
Sato Chozan (1888-1963) also known as Sato Gengen, the prominent Japanese sculptor from the early 20th century
Literature
Matsubara Saburo, Kankoku kondobutsu Kenkyu (Study of Korean gilt bronze Buddhist figures), 1985, p. 92 d.
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