Amida Buddha
Maker
Unidentified artist
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
ca. 1560
Kamakura Period (1185-1333)
mid-19th century
ca. 1985
Momoyama Period (1573-1603)
Unidentified artist
Kamakura period, late 12th or early 13th century