A GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA BUDDHA

Description:

Japan, late Edo period
H. 29 cm
Seated in vajrasana with his hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra, wearing monastic garment including mantle falling in large folds over his body, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast inlaid eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, inlaid urna at his forehead, elongated earlobes and curled hair continuing into the ushnisha.
Old Berlin private collection, assembled prior 1950
Minor damages due to age