A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-1
A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-2
A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-3
A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-4
A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-5
A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-1A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-2A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-3A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-4A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later - image-5

Lot 500 Dα

A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
16.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 17.500 € (incl. premium)

A large wooden figure of Kobo Daishi. Heian- or Kamakura-period and later

Seated in meditation, holding a vajra in his right hand and prayer beads hanging from the left, the kesa held together by a cord at the left shoulder. Inside the belly behind a removeable piece of wood a number of consecratory scrolls printed in red and black on paper with texts, some of the scrolls unopend. A few more scrolls in wooden box. The head later replaced.
Height 64 cm