A fine gilt-lacquered wood figure of Amida Nyorai

Description:

Japan, Edo period
H. 29 /57 cm
Buddha Amida is seated in a meditation posture on a separate carved lotus base placed on an elaborate hexagonal-shaped pedestal, both hands resting on his lap in dhyanamudra, wearing monastic garment including a mantle covering both shoulders falling down in fine concentric pleats along his body, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, inlaid urna at his forehead, smiling lips, pierced elongated earlobes, his curled hairdo continuing into the low ushnisha set with a bead to its front, a separate sculpted large aureole behind carved in ajour with a design of scrolling tendrils and set to its front with a minute figure of possibly Kannon.
From a South German private collection. With minor traces of age, small damages, some restoration, and an old collector’s label on the reverse