About the Artwork
Amida, Buddha of Infinite Light
between 1615 and 1868
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Japanese
Japanese
Wood with lacquer and gilding
Overall: 53 × 23 × 20 1/2 inches (134.6 × 58.4 × 52.1 cm)
Sculpture
Asian Art
City of Detroit Purchase
27.543
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
1927-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hanks, James E. “Curators of Asian Art at the DIA - from the Collection’s Origins to the 1940s,” Bulletin of the DIA 92, no. 1/4 (2018): p. 86 (fig. 5).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Japanese, Amida, Buddha of Infinite Light, between 1615 and 1868, wood with lacquer and gilding. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 27.543.
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