$1.5 million Japanese Buddhist statue stolen

An Edo Period bronze of the Buddha, valued at $ 1.5 million, is stolen from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES,Sept 25, 2023/ PRNewswire/– On the evening of 18th September 2023, an Edo Period bronze statue of the Buddha was extracted from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles’ La Cienega Design Quarter (www.barakatgallery.eu). The statue, valued at $ 1.5 million, was generated by Edo Period musician Tadazou Iinuma, as well as appointed by a spiritual authorities,Ryozen Dating from the Seventeenth Century, it shows the Buddha as a sports young people, seated in the Lotus Position, with a crown as well as halo. It was initially mounted at theYudonosan Temple The significant sculpture is a centrepiece of the Barakat Gallery’s Los Angeles Buddhist collection.

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