National Treasures & Important Cultural Properties
of National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan

While this image has a similar style as N-186, there are some differences: this one is slightly bigger than N-186 and it has a lotus bud (or a sacred gem) in its left hand, the kun is rolled up to the knee on the right leg and it is also different in terms of the forms of the yoraku (threaded bead/metal decoration) and the lower base. Nevertheless, the facial features and the form of the kun (a skirt) of these two images have an exotic touch, which can be considered to be influenced by the Indian Gupta style that was popular in the early Tang period in China.
The sculpturing method of this image is also similar to that of N-186, but there is no iron core inside this piece. However, since there is a hole below the neck, through which an iron core may have been removed and there is an inlay treatment on the top of the head, it seems that originally an iron core ran through the top of the head. While there is only one katamochi (a piece of metal inserted between the outer and inner molds) around the abdomen in front, there are three katamochi on the back: one below a tenne (a long cloth) across the shoulders, one in the upper part of the hem of the kun and one below the hips. Repairs, probably due to incomplete casting, have been made via inlay on the underarms, at the bottom of the kun on the back and on the instep of the left foot. Gold plating can be found almost over the entire body and pedestal, except for the reverse side of the head ornament and most of the hair. The coloring is also almost the same as that of N-186, except that there is no vermillion or black outline on the lips .