A Votive Plaque (Kakebotoke)

MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY)

Details

A Votive Plaque (Kakebotoke)
Muromachi period (15th century)
The wood circular panel painted in ink, color and gold with the bodhisattva Kokuzo (Akasagarbha) seated on a lotus on one side and the Sanskrit seed syllable for the deity's name on the other side
5½in. (14cm.) diameter
With a wood box with inscription and authentication by Kishi Koji

Provenance

Machida Hisanori, Tokyo

Lot Essay

Machida Hisanori (1838-1897), was the first director of the Imperial Museum (Tokyo National Museum.)

For another circular votive placque using a circuler panel, see Nenge misho-Bukkyo bijutsu no miryoku/Buddha's Smile: Masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist Art exh. cat. (Tokyo: London Gallery Ltd., 2000), pl. 77 (Fugen bosatsu).

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