A GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI

Description:

Japan, Kamakura period
H. 35/50,5 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a lotus-base displaying several rows of upturned petals, placed on another base carved with a band of broad petals, his right hand showing the vitarkamudra while the left is lowered in the varadamudra, wearing monastic garment covering both shoulders, falling down in partly concentric folds, his face is displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, smiling lips, pierced elongated earlobes, his curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and set with a ratna to the front.
Form a European private collection, assembled before 2007 - Traces of age, slightly chipped
The result of Isotoptech Zrt., C14 test n° 1/2452 (16 October 2020) is consistent with the dating of the lot