BRONZE STATUTE OF AMIDA NYORAI, Japan, 15th century Shown standing, right hand in abhayamudra, left hand in varadamudra, dressed in a long monastic robe falling in flowing folds, face serene, hair in curls covering the ushnisha; hands consolidated or possibly late H. 20 cm (8 in.) Provenance : English private collection. A bronze figure of a standing Amida Nyorai, Japan, 14th century For comparable bronze figures from the Kamakura period, see : Victor Harris and Ken Matsushima, Kamakura: The Renaissance of Japanese Sculpture 1185-1333, British Museum, London, 1991, p. 124/125, no.38 (Amida Nyorai, dated 1300, Seikōji temple, Chiba). A Zenkoji Amida triad dated 13th/14th century from the John C. Weber collection is included in the exhibition catalogue Kamakura, Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan, Asia Society Museum, New York, 2016. For a comparable bronze figure from Kamakura period, see: Victor Harris and Ken Matsushima, Kamakura: The Renaissance of Japanese Sculpture 1185- 1333, British Museum, London, 1991, p. 124/125, no.38 (Amida Nyorai, dated 1300, Seikōji temple, Chiba). A Zenkoji Amida triad dated