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A Great Japanese Wood Carving
04/1951 | 577 | 93
Pages: 105-107
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Author:
Gray, Basil (Gray, Basil; G., B.; Gray, B.)
Subjects
artists:
Unkei
artists:
Kaikei
dates:
1100-1199
places:
Japan
subjects:
Japanese sculpture / Wood sculpture / Techniques / Yoseki Zukuri (joined-block assembly)
subjects:
Late Heian / Muromachi / Kamakura
subjects:
Buddhas / Amida
subjects:
Buddhist / Statues
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Head of Buddha. Late Fujiwara (End of the Twelfth Century). Wood, Height 97.8 cm. (British Museum.)
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Profile View of the Wood-Carving Illustrated in Fig. 1. 3. The Nativity. Faenza. Dated 1528. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.) 4. Amida Buddha. Middle Kamakura. Wood, lacquered and gilt, height c. 104 cm. (British Museum.)