Stone gorinto (lit. 5-tiered stupa) sculpted in four parts from a medium-weight volcanic stone. Momoyama/early-Edo Period ca. 1600, possibly earlier. Very minor old loss. Differentiated lichen accumulation and ferric oxidation, resulting in color variation among the four parts.
Gorinto (lit. 5-tiered stupa) sculpted in one piece from a brownish sedimentary stone. Early-Edo Period ca. 1650, possibly earlier. Minor old surface loss and an old line of repair barely visible at the upper tip. Excellent lichen accumulation.
Figuratively sculpted stone depiction of Jizo Bosatsu seated upon a lotus-form dais in the half-lotus pose, a shakujo (crozier) held in the right hand and a hoju (sacred wish-granting jewel) in the left. Mid- to late-Edo Period ca. 1800. Minor old loss. Excellent lichen accumulation.
Stone depiction of a standing Jizo Bosatsu, the hands forming the gassho adoration mudra. Late-Edo Period ca. 1825. Minor old loss. Excellent lichen and moss accumulation.
Height: 45.0 cm Width of base: 19.1 cm Depth of base: 19.0 cm. ...click for details
Stone depiction of an itahi, commonly referred to as an aoishitoba (lit. blue-stone stupa), sculpted from a blue-green schist, with three Sanskrit characters symbolizing the Amida Triad incised onto the front surface. Clearly dated to Bunmei 13 (1482), Muromachi Period. Old loss and overall patination.
Stone depiction of a standing Senju (Thousand-Armed) Kannon Bosatsu. Mid-Edo Period ca. 1750. Old loss to the upper perimeter; otherwise, fine. Good lichen accumulation overall, with a fair stand of moss.
Stone lantern sculpted in six parts from a fine-grained granite, a peach motif sculpted in relief on the domed roof element. Late-Meiji Period/Taisho Era ca. 1900–1920. Overall patination with virtually no loss.
Height: Approximately 135 cm.
A sturdily elegant, rounded foil to our stock #311, this stone lantern originally stood in a picturesque ...click for details
Standing Seishi Bosatsu, the hands forming the gassho adoration mudra, sculpted in relief from a dense, gray-black igneous stone. Clearly dated on one side to the 17th year of the Kyoho Era (1732), mid-Edo Period. Minor old loss to the perimeter.
Seated Jizo Bosatsu figuratively sculpted with rough-hewn simplicity from a grayish igneous stone, the hands forming the gassho adoration mudra. Mid- to late-Edo Period ca. 1800, possibly earlier. Minor old loss. Black-soot accumulation, particularly on the head, testifying to long years of devotional usage during which the figure except for the head was draped with a garment and thus partially shielded from the smoke of burning candles and incense. ...click for details
Stone depiction of six standing Jizo Bosatsu figures aligned in a row with hands forming the gassho adoration mudra. Early- to mid-Edo Period ca. 1700. Minor old loss. Slight lichen accumulation.
