A GILT- AND BLACK-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF DAINICHI BUDDHA, JAPAN, Edo period. Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base placed on an elaborate throne, both hands in bodhyagrimudra, wearing various garments, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression, downcast eyes, his hair combed in a chignon secured with a gilt-metal tiara and a large horse-shoe mandorla behind carved with a cloud design - Property from a South German private collection, assembled between 1960 and 2003 - Partly restored, minor damage due to age