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29-96-385

From: Japan | Buddhist Temple

Curatorial Section: Asian

Native Name Ranma 欄間
Object Number 29-96-385
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist
Provenience Japan | Buddhist Temple
Period Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain)
Date Made Edo Period-19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Pigment | Lacquer
Technique Painted | Lacquered
Iconography Tennin | Cloud | Musical Instrument?
Description

Wooden ranma from a Buddhist temple. Two tennins in clouds holding musical instruments (?)(missing). Brown, red and gold lacquer. No backing.

Length 164 cm
Width 57 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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