JAPAN, Muromachi period and later. - Lot 20

JAPAN, Muromachi period and later. Sculpture featuring Kannon bosatsu on a base decorated with two rows of inverted lotus petals. The bodhisattva is depicted standing, with his torso bent and arms outstretched. The nude bust is partially draped in a monastic robe ending in a thick, flowing pleat at the bottom of the body. The canonical scarf wraps around the arms and flutters down the body. The benevolent face is styled in a high bun with a crown jewel that falls in several symmetrical curls. An openwork pectoral jewel echoes the hair ornament, as does a tiara, not forgetting the lotus flower at the back of the skull from which the golden rays of the nimbus once emanated. Gilded lacquered wood, copper, black pigments for the hair. Height: 87 cm. Restorations and missing parts. Provenance : Former Belgian collection. Museography : To be compared stylistically with the seated example in the Dayton Art Institute (Ohio, USA) under number: 1979.49."