A FINE GILT- AND BLACK LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA AMIDA

Description:

Japan, Edo period
H. 62,2 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a separate carved lotus base, his raised right hand showing the abhayamudra while the left is stretched downwards in the varadamudra, wearing monastic garment including an underskirt falling down on his feet and a wide sleeved mantle draped over both shoulders falling down in curved folds, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, inlaid urna, elongated earlobes and the curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and set with a ratna to its front.
From a German private collection, acquired from Lempertz, Cologne, Sale 824, Lot 718 - Minor wear, partially small damages due to age, minim. rest., old collector's number in white at the reverse: 19928 or. 2918