Rare and important Buddha Amitabha

RARE AND IMPORTANT BUDDHA AMITABHA.

Origin: Korea.
Date: 14th-16th c.
Technique: Dry lacquer with residue of gilding and pigments.
Description: Sitting in padma asana. The kasaya garment draped in elegant pleats over both shoulders leaves the chest free. Both hands are raised in a variation of the simhamukha mudra in front of the chest. Beneath the hip scarf girded with a large knot around the waist.

In the technique of the so-called dry lacquer, layers of textile are soaked with lacquer and brought into shape over a temporary core. The fine details are often modelled with a mass kneaded of lacquer and other materials before the figure is gilded and painted.
Measurement: Height 49cm.
Condition B. Hands broken and partly restored. In the lower part damaged.

Provenance:
-Collection Prof. Dr. Christian Egger (1938-2020). Psychiatrist for children and young people.
-Acquired 1993 at gallery Flachsmann.
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