Gilded wooden figure of Buddha Amida

Gilded wooden figure of Buddha Amida (Amitabha) sitting in meditation with the palms of his hands turned upwards and the thumbs touching each other (hokkai jōin, Dharma-realm meditation mudra).

The head with inlayed eyes has fine carved curls and crystals in the ushnisha (supernatural cranial protuberance) and in the forehead (urna).

Amida sits in front of a mandorla with its top slightly bowed towards the viewer on a lotus flower placed above a gilded hexagonal wooden throne.

See age test.

Early edo Period.

Size;

Total H. : approx. 90 cm.

Buddha H. : 33 cm.

Throne : W. : 38 cm, D : 28 cm.