A bronze sutra container (kyôzutsu). 17th/18th century or earlier - image-1
A bronze sutra container (kyôzutsu). 17th/18th century or earlier - image-2
A bronze sutra container (kyôzutsu). 17th/18th century or earlier - image-1A bronze sutra container (kyôzutsu). 17th/18th century or earlier - image-2

Lot 660 Dα

A bronze sutra container (kyôzutsu). 17th/18th century or earlier

Auction 1112 - overview Cologne
16.06.2018, 11:00 - Japan
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 4.836 € (incl. premium)
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A bronze sutra container (kyôzutsu). 17th/18th century or earlier

A bronze sutra container (kyôzutsu) of cylindrical shape decorated in engraving with Amida in front of a palace building, flankend by Bodhisattva Kannon and Seishi, Jizô Bosatsu and dragons above waves. Inscription. Gilt but soiled and crusty patina. At the base a double vajra, at the lid the wheel of the law and bonji character. 17th/18th century or earlier. At the base collector's number 297 in white ink.
Height 30.7 cm; diameter 11 cm

十七/十八世紀或更早 銅阿彌陀佛紋経筒
來源：德國Adolf Fischer 教授（1856-1914）私人收藏，他是德國科隆東亞藝術博物館的創始人

Provenance

Collection Professor Adolf Fischer (1856-1914), founder of the Museums für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne
Collection Franz Xaver Bachem (1857-1937), registered 15.7.1925