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

Description:

Japan, Muromachi period or earlier
H. 36,5 cm
Seated in vajrasana on an oval plinth with both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra, wearing monastic garment including an underskirt and a mantle covering both shoulders while falling down in large pleats around his legs, his separate carved head showing a serene facial expression with inlaid downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, inlaid urna, smiling lips, pierced elongated earlobes and his curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha
Old East German private collection - Wear, minor damages and restoration