{"id":4858,"date":"2023-09-28T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/?p=4858"},"modified":"2023-09-28T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T09:38:04","slug":"1-5-million-japanese-buddhist-statue-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpelembe.net\/index.php\/1-5-million-japanese-buddhist-statue-stolen\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.5 million Japanese Buddhist statue stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of 18th September 2023, an Edo Period bronze statue of the Buddha was taken from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles&#8217; La Cienega Design Quarter (www.barakatgallery.eu). The statue, priced at $1.5 million, was produced by Edo Period artist Tadazou Iinuma, and commissioned by a religious official, Ryozen. Dating from the Seventeenth Century, it depicts the Buddha as an athletic youth, seated in the Lotus Position, with a crown and halo. It was originally installed at the Yudonosan Temple. 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