JAPON - Début Epoque EDO (1603 - 1868)
Important statue of Kannon in gold lacquered wood, seated in padmasana on a base decorated with lotus petals, hands joined in zenjo-in (meditation gesture), miclos eyes inlaid with sulfur, hair gathered in a high bun. His forehead is encircled by a gilded copper crown, openworked with foliage and floral motifs and decorated with pearls.
Behind him, a large mandorla with openwork scrolls and four boddhisattvas and a stupa surmounting them. (accidents, damages and restorations to the mandorla, missing scarf on the left arm, cracks, wear, small accidents)
H. Kannon 71 cm.
Total height 120 cm.
