A fine miniature shrine

Description:

Japan, late Edo period, 19th cent.
H. 11 cm
The shrine set with the central figure of Buddha Amida seated in vajrasana on a lotus base placed on a pedestal surrounded by cloud formations, his hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra, wearing monastic robe, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes, blue coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha, halo behind and flanked by a pair of bosatsu’s standing on lotus bases, each with the hands in anjalimudra, their faces with a serene expression, halo behind and the shrine with a pair of hinged doors decorated to the outside with metal ornaments and a lock
From the collection of the chemist, engineer and director of Merck & Co. Heinrich Georg Johann Harms (3.9.1906-28.6.1975) and his wife Eva Harms (10.11.1905-13.10.1998), largely collected in Shanghai between 1935 and 1942 - Minor wear, very slightly chipped and traces of age