Grande sculpture du bouddha Amida en bois laqué et doré Japon, XIXE siècle

debout sur une base lotiforme et surmonté d'une mandorle, vêtu d'une longue robe formant des plis harmonieux, la main droite levée en abhaya mudra pour la protection, la seconde en varada mudra pour le don

Overall good condition ; crack in the wood around the right forearm further secured ; an edge crack extending vertically on 19cm towards the right shoulder ; the right hand is broken at the level of the wrist and has been re-attached ; some overall wear and rubbing to the gilding and small chips in the wood to the edges of the lotus petals as well as the edges of the robe ; some further flakes to the gilding and fritting around the edges of the mandorla as well as the edges of the base ; the figure is as expected constructed in three parts (bouddha-base-mandorla).
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