Helen Eagles
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Lot 20
A LACQUERED WOOD KYŌBAKO (SUTRA BOX) WITH YAKUSHI NYORAI AND THE TWELVE HEAVENLY GENERALS Japan, Edo period, 18th/19th century
Ending from 29 April 2025, 13:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$1,500 - US$2,500
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A LACQUERED WOOD KYŌBAKO (SUTRA BOX) WITH YAKUSHI NYORAI AND THE TWELVE HEAVENLY GENERALS
Japan, Edo period, 18th/19th century
Rectangular set on an openwork base and with a hinged lid, decorated on the sides with applied wood carvings of the Jūni shinshō, Twelve Heavenly Generals, and on the lid with Yakushi Nyorai and attendants Nikkō and Gakkō, the Bodhisattvas of sunlight and moonlight, the gilt-bronze hardware formed as lotus blossoms.
5 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 9 1/2in (14.3 x 34.9 x 24.1cm)
Rectangular set on an openwork base and with a hinged lid, decorated on the sides with applied wood carvings of the Jūni shinshō, Twelve Heavenly Generals, and on the lid with Yakushi Nyorai and attendants Nikkō and Gakkō, the Bodhisattvas of sunlight and moonlight, the gilt-bronze hardware formed as lotus blossoms.
5 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 9 1/2in (14.3 x 34.9 x 24.1cm)
Footnotes
Provenance:
A family heirloom collection mostly formed in Japan during the late 1960s and in the USA during the 1970s, thence by descent to the present owner.
Note:
The figures decorating this box were inspired by the 11th-century wood carvings of the Twelve Heavenly Generals in the collection of Kōfukuji Temple, designated as National Treasures. See https://www.kohfukuji.com/english/e009/