Japanese sculpture
Artist: Japanese
Location: British Museum
Date: 1290 - 1295
Materials: sugi wood (a kind of cedar)
Dimensions: 79 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £375 (Total: £1,200)
Vendor: K J Hewett
Review number: 1847 (1956)
Description:
Life-size naturalistic sculpture of a seated man in priest's robes holding a jewel in both hands in his lap above the crossed legs. Probably a portrait of a priest commemorated in his monastery as the Bodhisattva. Made in sections and morticed together then covered with gesso and painted lacquer. From the Kamakura period (1185-1392).
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