Description

Oil painting on canvas, from Pillars series: Nara (Nara Daibutsu, 奈良大仏) 40 x 50 cm (16" x 20")

Large statue of Buddha in Todai-ji, Nara, Japan

Signed, dated, varnished

Item location: Milan, Italy

artist: Igor Pozdnyakov [email protected]

The temple gives the following dimensions for the statue:[25]

Height: 14.98 m (49 ft 2 in)

Face: 5.33 m (17 ft 6 in)

Eyes: 1.02 m (3 ft 4 in)

Nose: 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in)

Ears: 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in)

The statue's shoulders are 28 meters across and there are 960 six curls atop its head.[26] The Birushana Buddha's golden halo is 27 m (87 ft) in diameter with 16 images each 2.4 m (8 ft) tall.[27]

Recently, using x-rays, a human tooth, along with pearls, mirrors, swords, and jewels were discovered inside of the knee of the Great Buddha; these are believed to be the relics of Emperor Shomu.[28]

The statue weighs 500 tonnes (550 short tons).