A Japanese polychrome decorated terracotta figure of probably Kishimojin on a later wooden base, Edo, 18th C.

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拍卖时间：2026-10-27 16:30

拍品描述

A Japanese polychrome decorated terracotta figure of probably Kishimojin on a later wooden base, Edo, 18th C. H 56 cm (incl. the base) H 50 - L 33 - D 32,5 cm (the figure) The figure is shown seated in a relaxed 'seiza' position, wearing a voluminous wrap-around robe; her right hand points toward the pomegranate held in her left hand. Her hair is styled in 'mizura' buns falling onto her shoulders and is delicately detailed. She has a round face with a serene expression, a small mouth, and elongated, half-closed eyes. Hārītī is a guardian deity in Buddhism and a fertility goddess associated with motherhood and the protection of children; she is known in China as Guizimu and in Japan as Kishimojin (鬼子母神), Kariteimo, or Kangimo ('Mother of Joy'). Tradition holds that during the time of Shakyamuni Buddha, Kishimojin was a dreaded ogress (rakshasa or yaksha) and the mother of hundreds of children. To feed her large brood, she would abduct and devour the children of other families. The Buddha decided to make her experience the suffering she inflicted: he hid her youngest child beneath his alms bowl. Distraught after a fruitless search, Kishimojin begged him for help. The Buddha then asked if she could comprehend the pain of parents who had lost a child, given that she herself had hundreds. Deeply shaken, she repented, vowed to renounce human flesh -subsisting thereafter solely on pomegranates, the fruit that became her symbolic attribute -and converted to the Buddha's teachings.

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