JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 5 December 2023 / 10:00 am start

Late Edo period carved and lacquered cypress wood zushi,

Realised: $850 plus premium

Lot Details

featuring a seated Kobo-Daishi 弘法大師, founder of Shingon Buddhism. Depicted holding prayer beads and a dorje in his hands, with flowing robe and portrait-like realism that confirm his identity to be kukai (774–835 ce), posthumously known as kobo-daishi, a tantric master who travelled to China in 804, and returned to Japan with numerous early tantra, thus established the vajrayana teachings. Credited with founding hundreds of temples throughout Japan. H.450mm


Late Edo period carved and lacquered cypress wood zushi, Image 1++
Late Edo period carved and lacquered cypress wood zushi, Image 1++
Late Edo period carved and lacquered cypress wood zushi, Image 1++