ARAKAN – Japanese Buddhist wood carving ascetic monk seated image (Dealer: Jinta) – The one who only see beauty don’t understand about beauty. To know what poverty and suffering is let the one know what true beauty is. But, as the converse is also true, after coming back from the 7 years of ascetic practices in mountain, Buddha once realized that poverty and suffering is not the only way for spiritual enlightenment. Here is the wood carving of hard-trained monk of high rank as ‘Arakan’ (Alhat). Early-mid Edo period. Quite a dynamic sculpture transcending any words. The condition is as seen. With ‘Gyokugan’ (crystal eyes). approx. H 43cm (16.92in), W 40cm (15.74in), D 32cm (12.59in) http://tatami-antiques.com/items/alhat/ #tatami_antiques #alhat #woodcarving #object #sculpture #priest
