Collection in Australia
A wood figure of Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana) wearing flowing robes and seated in kekka-fusa (lotus position), his hands in chiken-in mudra (Mudra of the Knowledge Fist), the hair is arranged in a tall standing top knot above the crown.
The arms and wrists are decorated with carved armlets and bracelets and the chest is bejewelled with a gilt metal munakazari (pectoral ornament) with semi-precious stone beads.
Japan, 10th/11th century, Heian period.
On the inside of the figure are two illegible characters inscribed in ink.
Buddhist Art
Zenkoji Kannon Bosatsu
Buddhist wood panels
A kakemono with the monk Hōnen
A lacquer and gilt wood figure of a seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) dressed in a flowing robe
A wood figure of Amida Nyorai, Heian/Kamakura period
Amida Buddha
Jizō Bosatsu
Amida Buddha
A silk kakemono with Kannon
An iron nyoi
Zushi with Kannon
A bronze kakebotoke of Kannon
