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A Hyakumanto Pagoda with associated Printed Dharani
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A Hyakumanto Pagoda with associated Printed Dharani

NARA PERIOD (ABOUT AD770)

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A Hyakumanto Pagoda with associated Printed Dharani
Nara Period (About AD770)
A three-tier turned wood pagoda with detachable finial covering an interior cavity containing a block-printed dharani [charm] with the standard 31-column text of five characters per column, some old wear and text restored
8½in. (22.5cm.) high
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

This is one of one million miniature wooden pagodas commissioned by Empress Shotoku in gratitude for the suppresion of a rebellion by the Emi and in prayer for the future protection of the realm. Nine hundred thousand were distributed to temples throughout Japan and the remaining one hundred thousand to the Ten Great Temples in and around Nara (then the capital) but they have been dispersed over the centuries and today only the Horyuji retains some of its original allocation. The printed scrolls are the oldest datable examples of printing in existence, with the possible exception of a single earlier Korean contender; it remains uncertain, however, whether the blocks were of wood or metal. A similar example sold, Christie's New York Rooms, 7 October 1988, lot 52 (The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection)