Buddhist Art on Nostr: Eleven-faced #Kannon statue, Hokongo-in, #Kyoto, #Japan, #Kamakura period. Statue ...

Eleven-faced #Kannon statue, Hokongo-in, #Kyoto, #Japan, #Kamakura period. Statue height 70cm. Parquet construction. It is said to have been built by Inkichi, a #Buddhist sculptor of the Into school. The flesh is decorated with gold paint, and the clothes are painted and decorated with cut gold patterns. A four-armed statue holding a staff, a lotus flower, a rosary, and a water bottle in its four hands.
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