A KAKEMONO ON PAPER DEPICTING BUDDHA AMIDA

Description:

Japan, Edo period
67 x 46,5 cm / 105 x 64,5 cm
The painting with a large bust of Buddha Amida in the centre rising from the clouds, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, urna at his forehead, moustache and goatee framing his smiling lips, elongated earlobes and his curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha set with a ratna to its front, a vertical inscription beside his head, brocade mounting, framed and glazed.
Collection of Helmut Ploog (1940 - 2024), assembled since 1965 - Wear, traces of age, minor rest.