A JAPANESE WOOD CARVING OF JIZO BOSATSU

A JAPANESE WOOD CARVING OF JIZO BOSATSU

KAMAKURA PERIOD OR LATER, 14TH CENTURY OR LATER

The bodhisattva carved as an itinerant monk, standing on a lotus flower raised on a rocky outcrop and holding a hoju (sacred jewel) in his left hand, an elaborate necklace resting on his bare chest, with remnants of paint and gilt to the surface, together with a fitted tomobako wood box, 45cm. (3)

Provenance: formerly from the Milne Henderson collection of Japanese art.

See Birmingham Museum of Art, access. no.2005.16a-b, for another wood carving of Jizo Bosatsu offered to the museum through Sondra Milne Henderson.

Jizo Bosatsu is the protector of children, women in childbirth and travellers.