Live Auction 20621Japanese and Korean Art Including the Collection of David and Nayda Utterberg
A GILT-BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BHAISHAJYAGURU (YAKSA YEORAE), BUDDHA OF HEALING
Lot 255 PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE COLLECTION

A GILT-BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BHAISHAJYAGURU (YAKSA YEORAE), BUDDHA OF HEALING

UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY)

Closed22 March 2022

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A GILT-BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BHAISHAJYAGURU (YAKSA YEORAE), BUDDHA OF HEALING
UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (8TH CENTURY)
Solid cast, with right arm raised in the abhayamudra, or the gesture of fulfilling the vow, and holding in the left hand the medicine bowl identifying the figure as the Buddha of Healing, the gilding on the body and back rich and bright; residue of mounting pegs at the back of the head and waist
2 1⁄8 in. (5.4 cm.) high

Private Japanese collection, prior to 1994, and thence by descent within the family