Lantern
29-96-379A
From: Japan | Buddhist Temple
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 29-96-379A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Buddhist | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan | Buddhist Temple |
Period | Edo Period |
Date Made | 1864 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Bronze | Gilding |
Technique | Gilded |
Iconography | Turtle | Dog | Dragon |
Inscription Language | Japanese Language | Japanese Language |
Description | One of two bronze lanterns. Elaborate, gilded, raised decorations of turtles, dogs, dragons and lettering, 6 curved supports for hanging bells (one broken), emblem on top (one broken). |
Height | 477.5 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | CG2000-1-108B (lantern door) - Found in Collection Number | CG94-1-141D (mid-section) - Found in Collection Number | CG94-1-141E (base) - Found in Collection Number |
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