Standing Bato (Horse-Head) Kannon Bosatsu sculpted in relief from a coarse-grained igneous stone, two small horse-heads perched atop the figure's head and the hands forming the bato-in mudra, which resembles the gassho adoration mudra. Dated to the 23rd year of the Meiji Era (1890). Very minor old loss, with overall softening of the lines and contours. Good lichen accumulation.
Standing Senju (Thousand-Armed) Kannon Bosatsu, sculpted in relief from a dense sedimentary stone. Mid- to late-Edo Period ca. 1775. Very minor old loss, with overall softening of the lines and contours. Good lichen accumulation.
Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Healing Buddha) in granite, a medicine jar held in both hands placed centrally on the lap. Late-Edo Period ca. 1825. Very minor old loss.
A standing Buddha, probably Amida, in wood finished in lacquer and gilt, the eyes of inset crystal, with its original mandorla and lotus-form dais. Muromachi Period ca. 1500. Old loss, most notably of both hands.
Height, including lotus-form dais and mandorla: 76.8 cm Height of Buddha figure only: 65.5 cm.... Click for details
Standing Jizo Bosatsu, the hands forming the gassho adoration mudra, figurally sculpted from a high-quality granite. Edo Period ca. 1725. Old loss, most notably to the upraised fingers. Light lichen accumulation.
Seated 11-Headed Kannon Bosatsu in wood, finished in lacquer and gilt. Muromachi Period ca. 1500. Joined-block wood construction and carved eyes. Old loss, most notably of the left hand, the 10 small bosatsumen (Bodhisattva heads) originally placed in two tiers around the head, and the Amida Buddha kebutsu originally standing at the front of the crown. Dark-soot patination overall.
Gorinto (5-tiered stupa) sculpted in shallow relief from a fine-grained igneous stone. Muromachi Period ca. 1450–1550. Very minor old loss. Good lichen accumulation.
Figural depiction of Urashima Taro standing upon his sea-faring turtle mount, a fan held in the right hand and a good-luck gourd in the left, sculpted from a high-quality granite incorporating pink quartz, which lends the stone and the lichen accumulated upon it a pink cast. Edo Period ca. 1850. Virtually pristine condition, with good lichen accumulation.
Japanese murashido bronze Hikka (brush rest) for scholar's desk is in the shape of loquat branch heavy with fruit.
Signed artist name "Takusai" with a cast seal on the base.
Honma Takusai was an artist of Sado Island, Nigata Prefecture. ... Click for details
