Antique carving from the trunk of a tree, broadly carved depiction of Amitabha Buddha seated in meditation posture and dhunana mudra, a gesture of inner balance and immersion in boundless space; a state in which objective consciousness is nil. Amitahaba is seated on a double lotus throne in a pillared niche surmounted by a lintel atop which are two rampant dragons, with dragons carved in relief on the pillars and the lintels over the bodhisattvas. Above the shrine celestial clouds rise in spiraling loops.