A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF MIROKU BOSATSU

A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF MIROKU BOSATSU
NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY)

Seated in padmasana wearing a flowing draped robe, with the right hand holding a lotus flower, the left hand raised in abhaya mudra, with a glass bead to the forehead, byakugō; wearing an elaborate metalwork headdress with glass beads, hokan, and ornate necklace, munakazari; raised on a rectangular stepped plinth with an inscription to the reverse, possibly reading Rokusun, Uwa Senzan; the figure, 13.5cm, 23cm overall. (2)

With a copy of a radiocarbon dating certificate from RCD Lockinge stating that the figure dates from the 14th century.