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Granite Amida Buddha Jizo Kannon bodhisattva 14/15 c. browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Sculpture: Pre 1492: item # 938882 Please refer to our stock # 308 when inquiring.
Antique Stones Japan Daikyocho 27 Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0015 +81-3-3352-3799 $1,300 |
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Relief-sculpted granite depiction of a seated Amida Buddha, the hands placed centrally on the lap in the Amida jo-in concentration mudra. Muromachi Period ca. 1400, possibly earlier. Old loss, most notably to the lower-right corner, and overall softening of the lines and contours. Height: 38.1 cm Broadly speaking, pre-Edo Period Buddhist stone sculpture tends to show the following characteristics: (1) flatness, in two senses, namely, (a) shallow depth relative to height and width and (b) shallow relief sculpting; (2) a triangulated upper mandorla resembling a pediment, usually jutting ledge-like outward over the figure; (3) a base carved pointedly for insertion directly into the ground as opposed to flatly for placement upon the ground; (4) stylistic primitivism with regard to the treatment of the deity depicted; (5) an overwhelming predominance of Amida Buddha depictions, almost always in the seated position with hands placed centrally on the lap in the Amida jo-in concentration mudra; and (6) an absence of both date and inscription. Roundly fat as opposed to flat, this Amida Buddha is otherwise a representative example of this genre of Japanese stone sculpture. Uncommon. |
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