23rd Jan, 2025 11:00
Four-Day Auction: Asian Art Discoveries
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A SUPERB GILT-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF MONJU BOSATSU (MANJUSHRI), DATED 1711
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
Japan, dated 1711
Of yosegi (jointed) construction, finely carved seated in dhyanasana atop a separately carved double-lotus throne supported on a tiered hexagonal base carved with a shishi head to each corner, separated by nyoi clouds, below openworked prunus panels, and a balustrade incised with rinzu designs. The serene face sensitively modeled with downcast eyes centered by a glass-inlaid urna, dressed in fine robes detailed with brocade patterns, petals, and scrolling clouds. She is holding scrolls in her hands, the chest adorned with a metal necklace, an ornate metal crown above the head, and backed by a kohai carved with scrolling clouds.
The back of the figure with a black-lacquered, partly legible inscription reading ‘Hozo, Monju [...], seshu Shin [...], Hoei nana sangatsu’ [Made in dedication, Monju bosatsu [...], by a donor Shin [...], in the 3rd month of the 7th year of Hoei (corresponding to 1711)].
HEIGHT 21.8 cm (the figure) and 50.5 cm (total)
Condition: Good condition with old wear, small chips, flaking to lacquer, minute nicks, light scratches, minor age cracks, the hands with remnants of adhesive. Overall presenting very well.
Provenance: French private collection. Jacques Barrère, Paris, France, acquired from the above. The Jacques Barrère Gallery is located in the heart of Paris, in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district. Since 1969, it has held exhibitions to promote and preserve Far-Eastern art. The gallery specializes in Chinese sculpture, archaeology, ceramics, and decorative arts, as well as Japanese works of art and porcelain. Statuary art from Gandhara, India or South-East Asia is also regularly displayed. Objects once owned by Barrère are now in major museums around the world, including the Guimet, the Cernuschi, and the Shanghai Museum. The Barrère gallery is a regular exhibitor at TEFAF in Maastricht.
Japan, dated 1711
Of yosegi (jointed) construction, finely carved seated in dhyanasana atop a separately carved double-lotus throne supported on a tiered hexagonal base carved with a shishi head to each corner, separated by nyoi clouds, below openworked prunus panels, and a balustrade incised with rinzu designs. The serene face sensitively modeled with downcast eyes centered by a glass-inlaid urna, dressed in fine robes detailed with brocade patterns, petals, and scrolling clouds. She is holding scrolls in her hands, the chest adorned with a metal necklace, an ornate metal crown above the head, and backed by a kohai carved with scrolling clouds.
The back of the figure with a black-lacquered, partly legible inscription reading ‘Hozo, Monju [...], seshu Shin [...], Hoei nana sangatsu’ [Made in dedication, Monju bosatsu [...], by a donor Shin [...], in the 3rd month of the 7th year of Hoei (corresponding to 1711)].
HEIGHT 21.8 cm (the figure) and 50.5 cm (total)
Condition: Good condition with old wear, small chips, flaking to lacquer, minute nicks, light scratches, minor age cracks, the hands with remnants of adhesive. Overall presenting very well.
Provenance: French private collection. Jacques Barrère, Paris, France, acquired from the above. The Jacques Barrère Gallery is located in the heart of Paris, in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district. Since 1969, it has held exhibitions to promote and preserve Far-Eastern art. The gallery specializes in Chinese sculpture, archaeology, ceramics, and decorative arts, as well as Japanese works of art and porcelain. Statuary art from Gandhara, India or South-East Asia is also regularly displayed. Objects once owned by Barrère are now in major museums around the world, including the Guimet, the Cernuschi, and the Shanghai Museum. The Barrère gallery is a regular exhibitor at TEFAF in Maastricht.
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