拍賣筆記 vol.447 蘇富比香港2026：652.8萬港元售出，木造四天王立像，鎌倉時代前期13世紀，岡田博物館 - Sotheby’s Hong Kong 2026, Four carved wood figures modelled as the Four Heavenly Kings (Shitenno), Kamakura period, 13th century

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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

Auction Closed

2026 September 4, 07:42 PM HKT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 HKD

Lot Sold

6,528,000 HKD

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

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)

Condition Report

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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Provenance

Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo.

Literature

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.

Catalogue Note

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