A GILT- AND POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF JIZO BOSATSU

Description:

Japan,early Edo period
H. 82,5 cm
Standing in samabhanga set into a separate carved lotus base placed on a hexagonal plinth, his righ hand lowered in the varadamudra while the left is raised in front of his chest supporting a fruit, wearing a monastic garment including a skirt and a wide-sleeved patchwork mantle covering both shoulders, both gaily painted with various floral medallions, scrolling vine and tendril designs, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, raised urna at his forehead, elongated earlobes, shaven hairdo and a radiating head halo behind.
Southern German private collection - Partly minor damages and restoration