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A Japanese lacquered wood Buddha Amitabha, Edo period the…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
17-Jun-2013
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Description:
A Japanese lacquered wood Buddha Amitabha, Edo period the standing figure with well carved serene face and tightly curled hair in copper, his right hand raised in vitarka mudra, the left lowered, dressed in crisply flowing robes opened to reveal his chest, the lower robe panel concealing the internal prayer repository, standing before a tall mandorla carved with scrolling cloud on a well-carved double pedestal lotus base on a carved circular panelled foot, 71 cm high. Provenance: collection of Lockwood de Forest, founder of Tiffany & Co and thence by direct descent
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Category:
Unclassified