A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF SEISHI BOSATSU, LATE MUROMACHI-EARLY EDO PERIOD

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A GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF SEISHI BOSATSU, LATE MUROMACHI-EARLY EDO PERIOD Japan, 16th-17th century, late Muromachi (1333-1573) to early Edo period (1615-1868) Finely carved standing in a graceful pose with legs bent and body leaning forward, the hands joined in anjali mudra, the arms draped with a billowing scarf, dressed in long flowing robes cascading in voluminous folds, the serene face with downcast eyes and slender lips forming a subtle smile. Seishi stands atop a lotus dais supported on an elaborate tiered balustraded octagonal base with lotus and pierced foliage. HEIGHT 38.7 cm (the figure), 59 cm (total) This elegant figure represents Seishi, a devoted Buddhist bodhisattva who embodies the power of wisdom and the resolve to aid sentient beings on their journey to awakening. In Japanese Buddhist art, Seishi is often depicted with calm, refined features and a composed, serene expression that reflects his spiritual strength and focus. His forward-leaning pose here indicates this sculpture would have stood on an altar beside a larger sculpture of Amida, the Buddha who descends from the Pure Land to welcome devotees at the moment of death and guide them toward paradise. Auction comparison: Compare a related larger gilt wood figure of Kannon Bosatsu, dated to the Edo period, 100.5 cm high, at Christie’s, 14 December 2016, Paris, lot 88 (sold for EUR 35,000 or approx. EUR 42,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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