Masterpieces of Asian Art from the Okada Museum of Art II

Masterpieces of Asian Art from the Okada Museum of Art II

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 2106. Four carved wood figures modelled as the Four Heavenly Kings (Shitenno), Kamakura period, 13th century | 木造四天王立像　鎌倉時代前期　13世紀.

Four carved wood figures modelled as the Four Heavenly Kings (Shitenno), Kamakura period, 13th century | 木造四天王立像　鎌倉時代前期　13世紀

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September 4, 06:00 AM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

the four wood figures carved in joined-block consutrction (yosegi-zukuri), each modelled as one of the Four Heavenly Kings, decorated in pigment and gilt, crystal inlaid eyes, each standing on a writhing demon; Jikokuten holding a spear, Komokuten with writing brush and sutra scroll, Bishamonten with pagoda and staff, Zochoten with vajra, fitted on later wood stands

 

39.9 cm. high (Jikokuten)

40 cm. high (Komokuten)

41 cm. high (Bishamonten)

40.7 cm. high (Zojoten)

Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo.

Yamamoto Tsutomu and Wada Keiko, ‘Newly Discovered Set of Four Heavenly Kings (Shitenno) Sculptures in the Daibutsuden Style’ in Kokka [Flower of the Nation], vol. 1186, Tokyo, September 1994, pp. 11–20.

Kobayashi Tadashi ed., Masterpieces of the Okada Museum of Art, vol. 1, Tokyo, 2019, no. 152.

Each representing one of the cardinal directions, the Four Heavenly Kings comprise:

 

Vaisravana (Bishamonten), Guardian of the North

Virudhaka (Zojoten), Guardian of the South

Dhrtarastra (Jikokuten), Guardian of the East

Virupaksa (Komokuten), Guardian of the West


來源

壺中居，東京


出版

山本勉，和田圭子,〈新出の大佛殿様四天王像について〉，《國華》，卷1186，1994年9月，頁11–20

小林忠編，《岡田美術館名品撰》，卷1，東京，2019年，編號152

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