Bodhidharma, Kutani, Japan, Meiji Era (1868-1912).

Porcelain statue representing Bodhidharma (Japanese: Bodai Daruma), that is to say the legendary patriarch of Zen Buddhism who lived in the 5th and 6th centuries AD. Bodhidharma left his native India for China as a wandering monk, where he notably met Emperor Wu Di in the city of Nanking and became famous for his nine-year meditation in a cave near Shaolin, Henan province. The statue is hand-painted, the monk has a characteristic long beard and a penetrating gaze, and he is dressed in a simple orange robe.

Kutani, Japan, Meiji era (1868-1912).

Height 35 cm.

Good state of conservation, chips on the little finger of the right foot and the left foot.

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