Lot 2106 Four carved wood figures modelled as the 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 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

HKD 300,000

300,000 - 400,000 HKD

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As can be seen in the illustrations, each of the carved wood sculptures have some minor losses to pigments, rubbing to gilt and some slight surface wear, including small chips to the extremities, a few small losses with some associated repair commensurate with the age of the objects, Bishamonten and Jikokuten with a small repair to the raised collar, the gilt metal accoutrements with rubbing and some surface wear, the demon pedestal to Bishamonten possibly originally holding an attributed now lacking, the sculptures have been later re-fitted on to the later wood base.

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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)
来源：Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo.
著录：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.
图录
说明：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