"Japan - Jûichimen-kannon - Meiji Era - Late 19th Century."
Statue in gilded wood representing the bodhisattva Juichimen-Kannon (Kannon with eleven faces) seated in front of a mandorla on his throne in Lotus leaves. The divinity is seated in meditation. The left hand holds a lustral water vase (suibyô) and makes with the lowered right hand the ″ Seal of the Exaucement ″ (Logan-in). Jûichimen-Kannon constitutes one of the six great forms of Kannon. Very good condition - Japan - Meiji era (1868-1912) - End of 19th century. Dimensions: Height: 62 cm; Length: 25 cm; width: 19 cm. The most fundamental interpretation of the number eleven faces is that which would indicate that ten of its faces indicate the ten orients which constitute the four cardinal directions, the four collaterals, the zenith and the nadir. The eleventh, at the top, would summarize the previous ten and signify the place of supreme Awakening.