Japanese Huge 1793 Spiritual Guardian Of Children and Travelers
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Travelers and children’s guardian, 23 Inches tall
Good garden and collector choice
A subtly joyful expression describes this fine early beautiful Japanese Buddhist stone traveler’s and children’s guardian, Jizo Bosatsu. He stands 23 inches tall clutching his lotus topped sceptre. His frontal robe possesses remarkable extensive inscriptions which reveal his temple donors affiliation and date, “6th month of Kansei 5….1793”.
His lotus topped scepter symbolizes “purity and enlightenment” depicting the revered lotus flower which Japanese appreciate for its ability to rise from murky waters to bloom into a beautiful pure flower symbolizing the highest spiritual goal: attaining enlightenment.
Sculpted from a gray-hued sedimentary stone.
Jizo Bosatsu is one of the most beloved of all Japanese divinities. Jizo in addition to being a protector of children and travelers pleasures in easing suffering and answering prayers of the living for health and success and all manner of mankind’s mundane petitions.
This Jizo is a rare and attractive 220 year old garden sculpture with original dark smooth surfaces- all handsomely weathered from great age.
Fine quality- a good indoor or outdoor garden sculptural choice with a sublime genuine spiritual aura.
A special one.
Substantial Tall Dimensions: 23 inches tall
History of Jizo:
Jizo Bosatsu is one of the most beloved of all Japanese divinities, Jizo works to ease the suffering and to answer the prayers of the living for health, success, children, and all manner of mundane petitions. In modern Japan, Jizo is a savior par excellence, a friend to all. He is notably a protector of travelers and children.
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Our gallery based in Newport, Rhode Island USA has been dealing in authentic Pre-Columbian, Japanese and fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels across America as well as Japan and Europe each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition.
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