A large bronze figure of Buddha Amida Nyorai with halo. Bronze. Dated 1854 - image-1
A large bronze figure of Buddha Amida Nyorai with halo. Bronze. Dated 1854 - image-2
A large bronze figure of Buddha Amida Nyorai with halo. Bronze. Dated 1854 - image-3
A large bronze figure of Buddha Amida Nyorai with halo. Bronze. Dated 1854 - image-1A large bronze figure of Buddha Amida Nyorai with halo. Bronze. Dated 1854 - image-2A large bronze figure of Buddha Amida Nyorai with halo. Bronze. Dated 1854 - image-3

Lot 275 Dα

A large bronze figure of Buddha Amida Nyorai with halo. Bronze. Dated 1854

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
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A large bronze figure of Buddha Amida Nyorai with halo. Bronze. Dated 1854

Seated in meditation, both hands in meditation gesture (Amida-jōin) in his lap, the position of the fingers being typical for the "Esoteric Amida". The head is backed by a circular halo with applications of three smaller figures of Amida seated in meditation on a double lotus base. On the back in relief an invocation written in six Siddham characters. Engraved inscription: Ansei gan (kinoe-tora) nen shichigatsu jūninichi osameru kore (receive this) dai kyū sei Tōzenji jūmotsu 安政元甲寅七月十二日納之代九世東善寺什物. The inscription means that the Buddha was given to Tōzenji as a precious object in 1854. The inscription to the left reads Echizen mori Fujiwara mori shishu kore tsukuru. It can be interpreted as: cast by a Fujiwara family member for the Echizen clan.
Height 93.5 cm

Provenance

Ernst Fritzsche Japan- u. Chinakunst, Berlin