A CARVED WOOD SCULPTURE OF SEATED AMIDA NYORAI (AMITABHA) LATE HEIAN PERIOD (12TH CENTURY)
A CARVED WOOD SCULPTURE OF SEATED AMIDA NYORAI (AMITABHA)
LATE HEIAN PERIOD (12TH CENTURY)
Carved and assembled from cypress wood in yosegi zukuri technique and modeled as the Amida Buddha seated in lotus position, the hands held in dhyanamudra, the hair arranged in small, snail-shaped spiral curls (rahotsu), wearing a robe open at the torso and falling in pleats
56 3/4 in.(144.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Albert Rudolph, Rudi Oriental Arts, New York in the late 1960s
Collection of Stephen Addiss (1935-2022)
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A CARVED WOOD SCULPTURE OF SEATED AMIDA NYORAI (AMITABHA)
LATE HEIAN PERIOD (12TH CENTURY)
Carved and assembled from cypress wood in yosegi zukuri technique and modeled as the Amida Buddha seated in lotus position, the hands held in dhyanamudra, the hair arranged in small, snail-shaped spiral curls (rahotsu), wearing a robe open at the torso and falling in pleats
56 3/4 in.(144.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Albert Rudolph, Rudi Oriental Arts, New York in the late 1960s
Collection of Stephen Addiss (1935-2022)
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