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Amida Buddha

Date15th or 16th century
MediumWood, with lacquer and gilding
DimensionsHeight: 23 inches (58.4 cm)
CultureJapanese
PeriodMuromachi period
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGeorge and Mary Rockwell Collection
Terms
  • Sculpture
  • Carving
  • Gilding
  • Gold
  • Lacquer
  • Wood
  • Amida Buddha
  • Amitabha
  • Animals
  • Buddhism
  • Clouds
  • Dragons
  • Gestures
  • Gods
  • Hands
  • Icons
  • Mythological creatures
  • Lotus flowers
  • Plant-derived motifs
  • Religion
  • Japanese
Object number88.002.158
Collections
Standing Buddha
Unidentified artist
9th-10th century; Dvaravati Period
Seated Buddha
Kamakura Period (1185-1333)
Multi-armed Kannon (perhaps Sen-ju Kannon)
Unidentified artist
late 17th-early 18th century
Shunfeng'er
ca. 1985
Standing Buddha
Style, "a" tong u or dvaravati
8th-9th centuries; Dvaravati Period
Fudo Myo-o
Momoyama Period (1573-1603)
Jizo Bosatsu
Unidentified artist
Amida Triad
Kamakura period, late 12th or early 13th century