A lacquer gilt wood figure of Amida Nyorai. Edo period, dated by inscription 1696

A lacquer gilt wood figure of Amida Nyorai. Edo period, dated by inscription 1696 In three parts, seated in meditation, both hands held in dhyana-mudra (mida-jōin) above the feet, the finely layered robe is painted with patterned borders and fine patterns in brown, the flesh tone in kindei nuri. The eyes and both urna of glass. Placed on a large lotus flower (reben) above a richly ornamented base with chiseled copper fittings, behind the figure a mandorla carved in openwork with clouds. Inside the base, a date written in ink: Genroku kyūnen nezumi hachigatsu nijūkyū nichi (Genroku 9 [1696] in the year of the rat, 8th month, 29th day). Total height 73.5 cm

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H 73,5 cm