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Amitabha Buddha
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Amitabha Buddha
JAPAN; Heian period (794–1185); Wood with lacquer and gilding; H: 53.5 cm; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
This statue from the 11th or 12th century is carved from nutmeg wood. Parts of it has been lacquered and then gilded. It is identified as Amitabha Buddha by the hands that form the highest grade of the highest class mudra associated with him. The thumbs and inward-bending index fingers of both hands touch each other to form circles. The figure's usnisa is high and covered with well-ordered curls. The neck has the three lines characteristic of a great person. The monastic robe is simply depicted with rippling folds over the legs folded in full lotus position. |
